Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 241 Three-Party Talk
Hearing that Zhen Mi would also follow, Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Tancheng is not that dangerous, but what if Liu Bei really turns his back on us and detains the two of us?"

After hearing this, Zhen Mi said, "Your husband has been detained, does it matter if I am in Guangling or Tancheng?"

Yuan Xi listened, and said with a smile: "That's true, but when the time comes, we have to be careful. Tancheng has internal chaos, so there may not be Yuan Shu's remnant party."

"If they want to destroy the relationship between me and Liu Bei, they may target you."

After Zhen Mi heard this, a trace of worry appeared on her face: "The concubine didn't think about this, she originally wanted to vent her anger on her husband."

Yuan Xi asked in confusion: "What vent?"

Zhen Mi said angrily: "I heard that it is rumored that my husband is extremely lustful, and I don't know who are the people with ulterior motives who want to ruin my husband's reputation."

"The concubine has been married to my husband for some time. Apart from sister Zhaoji, I'm afraid my husband hasn't gotten involved with other women, right?"

"This rumor is too hateful!"

Yuan Xi thought to himself that you are wrong, I am just too busy to free up my hands for the time being.

Zhen Mi continued: "I want to go to Tancheng with my husband and show the nobles in Xuzhou that my husband is not the kind of casual person, and not every woman can catch his eye."

"If you want to seduce your husband, you have to be at least as good as a concubine, right?"

Yuan Xi thought to himself that my standards are not that high, and I'm really not picky about food.

Naturally, he would not risk his life to speak out what was in his heart, and said: "Go if you want, anyway, you won't be able to stay in Tancheng for long, so you can go and have a look."

"Now it's almost the end of the new year. Once things are settled over there, we will return to Guangling, arrange things properly, and then take a sea boat to the north. Whether we return to Yecheng or Beixin City, we should still be able to catch up with the New Year."

Zhen Mi listened and nodded slightly.

At this time, in Danyang County, Yangzhou, Sun Ce was looking to the north of the big river, holding on to the thick wooden railing in front of him with both hands, and cracks appeared on the railing with a thick bowl mouth.

Zhou Yu's voice came from behind: "Bo Fu, now we need to endure and lay down our own territory."

"When the situation changes in the future, we will be able to occupy a corner of Jiangdong. At that time, we will send our troops to the north, and we will definitely be able to capture Xuzhou at that time."

Sun Ce suddenly turned around, his eyes flashed sharply, "Gongjin, do you think there will be such a day?"

Zhou Yu said in a deep voice, "I will definitely."

The coldness in Sun Ce's eyes was even stronger, "Then Gongjin thinks that we are under Yuan Gonggong's command, and we are so guarded by him, how can we make things happen?"

He occupied Xiapi this time, but was ordered by Yuan Shu to give up, resulting in a failure of success, and he was extremely dissatisfied.

Seeing no one around, Zhou Yu said in a low voice, "Bo Fu, Yuan Gong Gong has great aspirations and few talents, and he is not a wise master."

"Nowadays Nanyang has millions of households, but the roads are extravagant and lustful, and the expropriation is excessive. The common people suffer from it. There are hundreds of concubines, all of whom serve Qilu and spare Liang meat. How can such a person achieve hegemony?"

Hearing this, Sun Ce said bitterly, "This man's reward and punishment are unknown, and I have done so much for him. He promised me to be the prefect twice before, but he broke his promise. Now he has given me the prefect of Lujiang again under the pretext of losing Guangling. His cronies!"

Zhou Yu said in a low voice: "Bo Fu, endure the humiliation for a while before you can fight for a lifetime."

"Yuan Gonglu has long had the heart of disobedience, and he will surely cause trouble. As long as Bo Fu waits for the opportunity, he will surely soar into the sky!"

When Sun Ce heard this, the cold light in his eyes turned into flames, he held Zhou Yu's hand tightly and said, "Ce's great success in the future depends on Gongjin!"

Zhou Yu was also high-spirited: "Bo Fu, as long as you give us 20 years, no one in the world will be our opponent!"

Sun Ce laughed loudly: "Gong Jin is still modest!"

"In just ten years, I can dominate Jiangdong and look north to the Central Plains!"

Zhou Yu also looked at Jiangbei, thinking that what Sun Ce said was not impossible.

Now the world is in chaos and all the heroes are rising together. Although Yuan Shu occupies Jiangdong, he is not good at being a man, so he is not to be feared. On the contrary, Liu Bei in Xuzhou is living there, like raising a tiger, and the threat may be much greater in the future.

Not to mention Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, they are not easy to deal with. It is not necessarily a bad thing that Bofu is far away from the right and wrong of the Central Plains.

Especially that Xuzhou, anyone who eats it will choke, and that fierce tiger of the Yuan family
Thinking of this, Zhou Yu became vigilant. He heard that Yuan Xi was only in his twenties, the same age as Sun Ce and himself, and there were not many generals under his command. Unfortunately, even Mrs. Wu's whereabouts are unknown.

This shameful humiliation must be recouped with interest!

On the side of Tancheng in Xuzhou, Yuan Xi, who was recorded by Zhou Yu in his small notebook, didn't feel the resentment from hundreds of miles away, but even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

There are many people who don't like him, for example, the one at the gate of the city is obviously Zhang Fei who is reluctant to be pulled by Liu Bei to greet him.

Yuan Xi got off his horse, clasped his fists at Liu Guan and Zhang and said, "I have seen you all."

Liu Bei hurriedly returned the courtesy and said, "Xuande dare not forget the son's kindness in helping you."

The two walked into the city gate hand in hand, Zhang Fei blew his beard and stared behind him, Guan Yu saw him and whispered, "Third brother, what are you doing?"

"Then why did Yuan Xi offend you?"

Zhang Fei said sullenly: "I don't know why, but I don't think he is a good person!"

"Look, he doesn't even have a beard, just like a piece of meat with only lean meat, it's tasteless!"

Guan Yu was helpless, and the third brother Xindao brought up the theory of watching people with pork, and said: "This Yuan Xi persuaded Yuan Tan to help the eldest brother regain Xuzhou together, so we have to owe him a favor."

Zhang Fei was even angrier when he heard this, "What kind of emotion!"

"The last time he came to Xuzhou to negotiate terms with big brother, we didn't get much advantage!"

"Furthermore, Yuan and Liu teamed up to help each other. It was a flattering condition. In the end, the Yuan family sent troops, as if they were helping us a lot. I heard that the eldest brother wants to cede Xuzhou?"

"I don't agree!"

Guan Yu thought to himself that the third brother is not stupid, he has turned his mind around, he is serious about what he said, Zhang Fei's words are indeed correct.

But at that time, the eldest brother was desperate, so he could only take Xuzhou to be divided equally as a condition, and if Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi did not make a move, no matter whether this Xuzhou fell into the hands of Cao Cao or Yuan Shu, there would be no place for the three brothers to gain a foothold.

Thinking of this, Guan Yu said to Zhang Fei: "Brother, don't you understand these words?"

"Now is the best time to make friends with the Yuan family. We can't make enemies everywhere. Have you forgotten how you lost Tancheng?"

When Zhang Fei heard it, he immediately fainted, so he could only say in a dull voice, "This time I listen to the second brother."

Yuan Xi walked all the way into Liu Bei's mansion, seeing that Yuan Tan had already arrived, he hurried over and said, "I've seen you brother."

Yuan Tan returned the courtesy and said: "It's thanks to my second brother's plan this time, to be able to take Guangling from the tigers in Jiangdong by going to a dangerous place. It's really a tiger's mouth."

Yuan Xi laughed and said, "Brother is the one who decides the final decision. My 2000 people are just icing on the cake."

The two brothers were flattering each other over there, and Liu Bei knew very well that the two Yuan family sons were actually hinting at themselves, how could they put forward conditions.

On that day, Liu Bei asked Yuan for help, promising that whoever could relieve the siege of Xuzhou would divide Xuzhou equally, but now there are three parties sitting at the table, how can it be divided equally?

Moreover, Yuan Tan had already hinted the day before yesterday that he was busy with affairs in Qingzhou, and he would immediately negotiate with the three parties as soon as Yuan Xi arrived.

As soon as Liu Bei gritted his teeth, he would cut his heart, because he couldn't keep it anyway!

The three parties sat down, exchanged pleasantries, and then went straight to the point. Liu Bei cut to the chase and said, "Bei promised at the time that whoever can save Xuzhou from the difficulties will share equally with them."

"Now thanks to the two rescuers, Bei decided to send two of the six counties of Xuzhou to the two envoys."

"Langya and Donghai counties, send it to Mr. Xiansi."

"The two counties of Xiapi and Guangling, send it to Mr. Xianyi."

"Be prepared to stay in the two counties of Pengcheng and Dongguan."

"I don't know what the two young masters want?"

When Liu Bei spoke, Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi hadn't made a statement yet, and Liu Bei's subordinate officials all turned pale.

Isn't this the worst scenario they expected before?

Liu Bei pulled the bottom line so low as soon as he came up, how can he talk about it?
Moreover, among the six counties, Pengcheng and Dongguan have the smallest land area. This means that most of Xuzhou has been given up, but it is almost gone!
Yuan Xi glanced at Yuan Tan, and thought that regardless of whether Liu Bei's words were true or not, at least he made a gesture, and there was a sense of cutting flesh and hospitality in it.

This sugar is sweet, but poisonous.

In particular, Xiapi County is still the seat of Xuzhou. On the surface, Liu Bei even gave up the title of Lord of Xuzhou to Yuan Xi, and the sacrifice is not insignificant.

But Yuan Xi understood very well, Cao Cao was on the west side of Xiapi, and Yuan Shu was on the south side, how many soldiers were not enough to fill them up, so he went to take Xiapi when he was full?
Yuan Xi gestured to Yuan Tan, but the other party shook his head, motioning for Yuan Xi to speak first.

Yuan Xi thought for a while, then said, "Mr. Xuande's words are a shame."

"Mr. Xuande dared to give it, but the boy didn't dare to accept it."

"If you really do this, wouldn't you become a person who took advantage of the fire?"

He paused for a moment, "Since Duke Xuande acquired Xuzhou in a clear and honest manner, of course Duke Xuande is still the master of Xuzhou, so I absolutely dare not accept Xiapi."

Liu Bei's subordinate officials breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

If Yuan Xi really had the cheek to ask for the two counties, they would have nothing to say, after all Liu Bei had already spoken, could they still object to the lord?
Yuan Xi said again: "As for Guangling, to tell you the truth, I hope to take care of it for Duke Xuande."

"Xuzhou is a land of hundreds of battles, coveted by others, especially Yuan Shu in the south, where naval forces will attack at any time, it is difficult to defend against land alone."

"It just so happens that I have a merchant ship in Youzhou, which can be used as a navy to help defend Youzhou, and it will be convenient to transfer troops from Youzhou at that time."

Liu Bei was ashamed when he heard this, and said: "Young master only takes one county, and you are so noble and honest. Bei is really ashamed."

When Liu Bei's officials heard this, they all praised: "Master Xianyi is a great virtue, let me throw myself to the ground!"

All of a sudden, the praises of flattering in the hall can be heard endlessly.

Yuan Xi smiled, thinking that these officials were not fools, they were flattering themselves, so that they would not regret it.

He raised his hand slightly, and said to the crowd: "Xi occupies Guangling, but he is not familiar with the people's conditions, and he is afraid that there will be chaos in the area."

"That's why I have the guts to borrow someone from Duke Xuande."

(End of this chapter)