Yuan Xi didn't know what Kong Rong's daughter was thinking. He turned his attention to the girl and found that her eyes were big and her pink face was very cute.
Under the watchful eyes of Zhen Mi and Kong, the girl made a clicking sound and walked forward steadily.
The more Zhen Mi looked at it, the more she fell in love with it, and said to Yuan Xi, "It would be great if I had a daughter like this."
Yuan Xi said warmly: "Don't worry, the days are long and there will always be a chance."
After hearing this, Zhen Mi blushed and unconsciously leaned on Yuan Xi's shoulder.
Mrs. Wu looked from the side and felt a sudden feeling of envy in her heart.
Although her deceased husband Sun Jian was extremely brave on the battlefield, he was only slightly better than a stranger to her.
As for the harmony of the harp and the music, and the tenderness between husband and wife, Mrs. Wu has never experienced it in so many years.
Yuan Xi squatted on the ground and teased the girl with Zhen Mi for a while, then stood up and said, "You guys are busy first. I'm going to talk to Zhao Ji about something. I'm going to leave the city after dinner later."
After hearing this, Zhen Mi worriedly asked: "Is there any danger outside?"
Yuan said: "Don't worry, nothing will happen to me and Ziyi together."
Zhen Mi felt relieved.
At this time, in a house in the corner, an eye was peeking through the gap in the window, secretly watching the people talking in the yard.
This was Liu Bei's eldest daughter. When she saw the girls outside having fun, she couldn't help feeling envious. She turned to Mrs. Liu and said, "Mom, I've been here for several days, why don't we go out?"
Mrs. Liu Bei hugged her young second daughter and said disdainfully: "What's there to talk about with those people? They are all girls from wealthy families. What are our backgrounds and can we mix together?"
Liu Bei's eldest daughter heard this and asked puzzledly: "My father is also the lord of a state. Why is he different from them?"
"I think Mr. Yuan, who saved our family, doesn't look like a bad person, and he doesn't have the problems of a noble man. I heard he is also very capable in fighting."
Mrs. Liu Bei sneered and said: "We dare not forget the grace of saving our lives. We must always find a way to repay him."
"But look at his group of wives and concubines. What's the difference between him and your father?"
"My father took Mr. Gan as his concubine, indulged in women's sex, and neglected our three mothers. When we became prisoners, he actually made arrangements to marry a girl from the Mi family in Haixi?"
"I think our mothers have become a thorn in your father's side. I'm afraid he doesn't want us to go back."
After hearing this, Liu Bei's eldest daughter bit her lip and said, "My father is not that kind of person."
"My father is old and there is no male son. It will be very troublesome for him to inherit the family business in the future."
After hearing this, Mrs. Liu Bei said angrily: "You kid, it's time for you to become smarter!"
"Are you saying that your mother can't give birth to a boy?"
"Be careful and I will let you get married when you get back!"
Liu Bei's eldest daughter shrank back in fright and said angrily: "My mother is so cruel, no wonder my father didn't come to see my mother."
Mrs. Liu Bei was even more angry when she heard this, "When I married your father, our families were so poor that we had to make a living by weaving straw sandals."
"Sometimes when your father goes to meet those bad friends, I have to go to the street to sell straw sandals. If I had no temper, I would have been bullied to death!"
"Let me tell you, if a woman is like those noble women outside and only knows how to live by relying on men, she may be abandoned one day and starve to death!"
"I'm not afraid of your father now. I'm just ugly anyway. If he wants to find a woman, he can go find her. At worst, I'll go back to my hometown to knit straw sandals!"
"And you, don't think about marrying someone from a scholar's family all day long. It's not useful but you might as well marry an honest man!"
"You are about to get married. I'll keep an eye on you when the time comes. You won't be able to do the kind of guy who has a bunch of women around you, who hangs out with friends all day long, and who is so smooth-talking!"
Liu Bei's eldest daughter listened to her mother's nagging and couldn't help but cover her ears and shouted: "I understand, mom, please stop talking."
Over there, Yuan Xi went into the study to find Zhao Ji. When he entered, he found that not only Cao Xian was present, but Mrs. Kong Rong was also sitting at the table writing something.
Yuan Xi saluted and said, "I have met Madam."
Cai Zhaoji smiled and said: "But you happened to meet me. I happened to have some questions about Wen Jugong's classics, but it was difficult to ask directly, so I had to invite my wife to trouble me."
Mrs. Kong Rong smiled and said: "No, Zhao Ji is planning to compile a book of enlightenment, which is to contribute to the present and benefit the future. How can I not help with such ambitions?"
When she said this, she said to Yuan Xi with annoyance: "You are so rude!"
"Zhaoji is the daughter of a great Confucian, and her talent is among the best among us women. It's too much for you to ask her to do so many troublesome and troublesome things, and to treat her like a concubine and maidservant!"
Yuan Xixin thought that he would do even more extreme things to Zhao Ji that night.
He hurriedly smiled and said: "Madam, please calm down. Zhao Ji's status is also very difficult for me, but I don't want to let her go, so I can only keep her by my side shamelessly."
Cai Yan and Cao Xian laughed out loud after hearing this. Mrs. Kong Rong said disdainfully: "Listen, is this human talk!"
Perhaps it was because Yuan Xi saved her mother and daughter twice that Mrs. Kong Rong didn't notice it. She talked to Yuan Xi quite casually.
At this moment, a thought suddenly came to her mind. It was a pity that such outstanding young people were so rare. If her daughter had been born a few years earlier, she might not have had the chance to marry this man. She would be better off than the Yang family's children, right?
But now there is no chance. Mrs. Kong Rong has inquired about the women around Yuan Xi in the past few days, and after getting to know them, she found that none of these women are ordinary people.
Cai Zhaoji, Cao Xian, let alone Cai Zhaoji, the wife Zhen is also very thoughtful. Her beauty is not the only redeeming feature. She is willing to give up her reputation, be kicked out of her family, and then accept her widow as her adoptive mother. This kind of character
It's not ordinary.
Yuan Xi looked out the window and said, "I will go to the military camp later and won't eat with you."
"In order to prevent accidents in the city, I have arranged for Sun Li to protect you. If anything happens, you will all follow his arrangements."
After hearing this, Cai Yan worriedly asked, "Young master, is he going to be in danger again?"
"What if there are enemy troops lurking nearby?"
After hearing this, Yuan Xi said: "That's right. Ziyi and I won't go far, we will just go around and come back."
After hearing this, the girls felt a little at ease.
Yuan Xi came out of the house and gave Zhen Mi a few more words before going to see Tai Shici to mobilize troops in the barracks.
On the way, Taishi Ci said: "That Qiao Rui has been wanting to see the young master these days."
Yuan Xi heard this and said, "Is he going to surrender?"
Taishi Ci said: "No, he said that Sun Ce is an outstanding person in the world, and he wanted to persuade the young master not to be an enemy of him, so as not to seek death."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi smiled and said: "It seems that Qiao Rui appreciates Sun Ce very much, so I'll leave him alone. If Sun Ce appreciates him so much, he will naturally offer conditions in exchange for his return."
After hearing this, Taishi Ci smiled and said: "That's true, but Sun Ce has made a big name in the past two years, so he should have real materials. I would like to meet him for a while."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi smiled and said: "It's possible, maybe he is outside the city."
The two laughed and thought it was a joke. It had only been five or six days since Guangling was captured, and the other party was rushing day and night. Even if the horses were exhausted, they might not be able to make it there.
Yuan Xi arrived at the military camp and had a meal with the sergeants. Then he and Tai Shici led a hundred cavalry out of the city to inspect various places.
Although Yuan Xi said it was easy, he was actually a little timid in his heart. He and Tai Shici patrolled a dozen miles outside the city several times. Seeing that the sun was going to set in more than an hour, there were only hills and hills left.
Go up.
Yuan Xi hesitated for a moment, and then he and Taishi Ci rode up the mountain and asked their cavalry to disperse and patrol.
The two of them were walking, and when they were about to reach the top, they bumped into a horse riding team of more than a dozen people on the hillside path. The leader was a handsome young man.
When Taishi Ci saw that the other party was dressed as a hunter, he stepped forward and shouted: "Who are you?"
He always felt that something was wrong. Why did these people still ride horses? Are Xuzhou Orions so rich?
Yuan Xi frowned. He vaguely felt that the scene in front of him seemed familiar.
As a result, the leader on the opposite side laughed loudly and pulled off his burqa, revealing the iron armor underneath, "I didn't expect to run into Yuan Jun's scouts here!"
"Now that you're here, don't even think about leaving!"
After hearing this, Taishi Ci held a spear in his hand and said angrily: "What a loud tone!"
"You are Sun Ce, and I will make sure you never come back today!"
As a result, the leading young man laughed loudly and said, "A certain family is Sun Ce!"
"You don't know how high the sky is, so today I'm going to show you how powerful a certain company is!"
His men heard this and cheered in unison.
When Yuan Xi heard the name Sun Ce, he almost peed on the spot.
He suppressed his fear and felt a tremor in his heart. Sure enough, an accident happened. He didn't know where he got the confidence to go out of the city. Now, he became a young general of Dong'a!
He never expected that Sun Ce would appear so close to Guangling City!
How did he come so quickly?
Neither Yuan Xi nor Taishi Ci expected that after Zhou Yu escaped, he rushed to Tancheng day and night to report the news. Sun Ce immediately set off and led his cavalry to Guangling at full speed day and night.
After several days and nights of rapid marching, many of the horses were exhausted and many of his men became separated. Fortunately, Sun Ce had agreed on a rendezvous point in advance and only waited for half of them to arrive before attacking Guangling City at night.
As a result, only a few dozen people arrived in the first batch. Sun Ce saw that it was still dark, so he brought people over to investigate. By chance, he ran into Tai Shi Ci and Yuan Xi.
Seeing that the situation was extremely dangerous, Taishi Ci immediately whispered: "Young Master, leave quickly, I will stop you!"
Yuan Xi whispered: "If I run away, Ziyi will definitely fall. Now the only way out is for Ziyi to go up and challenge Sun Ce. I will figure out the rest!"
Taishi Ci thought that this could only be the case. He stepped forward on horseback and shouted: "Are you the Jiangdong Tiger?"
"Do you dare to fight with me?"
As soon as these words came out, Sun Ce's subordinates all laughed. How dare anyone dare to challenge Sun Ce to a duel?
After hearing this, Sun Ce laughed and raised his spear: "Who is coming? Tell me your name!"
Taishi Ci shouted: "Taishi Ci from Donglai!"
When Sun Ce heard this, he secretly glowed: "I know you!"
"I heard that you made great achievements in defeating Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan, and since we met today, I will fight you!"
After saying that, he shouted loudly and rushed forward with his horse drawn and his gun drawn!