Mi Zhen turned away from her casual look and asked what happened without revealing any trace. Mi Zhu was upset at this time and explained a few words casually, looking like he was distracted.
Mi Zhen's heart was stirred up. Yuan Xi actually came to Tancheng?
Because Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi deliberately blocked the news about Liu Bei's recapture of Xuzhou, only Mi Fang and a few close confidants on Liu Bei's side knew the inside story, so Mi Zhen only learned about it at this moment.
Mi Zhu said that after the morning meeting, Yuan Xi specifically mentioned to him that because Guangling changed hands, he would visit the Mi family again to discuss the re-division of maritime trade routes.
Mi Zhu had already left Xuzhou, and had donated most of his family property. He was becoming less and less interested in trade routes, so he dealt with it with just a few words, but Mi Zhen was excited because she had the opportunity to meet him again?
She grew up in the Mi family. As she grew older, her appearance became more and more beautiful, and her reputation gradually spread. When the young scholars who came to visit the Mi family saw her, they were all shocked and fawned over her.
The color is beyond words.
Mi Zhen had long been accustomed to the fiery gazes of scholars, so when she met Yuan Xi, who treated her indifferently, she found that he was completely different from the others.
Moreover, Mi Zhen saw in the other person's eyes a calmness that was as calm as the sky and the sea, and there was no trace of the burning desire in others' eyes when they looked at her.
Mi Zhen's interest couldn't help but be piqued. Is the other party trying to be mysterious, trying to hide it, or is he really not interested in her at all?
In fact, Mi Zhen didn't know. It's not entirely untrue to say that Yuan Xi didn't appreciate her appearance at all. It was just that Yuan Xi was thinking about how to open up the sea route at the time, so when he treated Mi Zhen, he was not as rude as others.
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And with his character, he would never mess up an important future plan for a woman, but because of this, Mi Zhen became interested in him.
After Yuan Xi left, Mi Zhen began to learn about what Yuan Xi had done, and found that at a young age, he had already gained a reputation as a fierce tiger and was already a leader among his peers.
But it was only relative to his peers. Compared with the princes of all parties at this time, after all, he was still too young. It might take countless years of accumulation before he could be compared with people like Liu Bei and Tao Qian.
However, what happened next was far beyond Mi Zhen's expectation. Yuan Xi defeated the Black Mountain Army one after another, destroyed Gongsun Zan, and was appointed the governor of Youzhou. He became a prince with a similar status to Liu Bei. Like a tiger emerging from a trap, Yuan Xi became famous.
Move the world.
This time, Xuzhou was saved from danger. Mi Zhen thought that after the incident was spread, his reputation would become even louder.
But when the news of Yuan Xi's marriage came, Mi Zhen felt empty for some reason. Moreover, she heard that the bride was extremely beautiful. Did she think that the other party simply didn't like her?
Moreover, it was rumored that Yuan Xi also took in Gongsun Zan's widow, which shocked Mi Zhen. Isn't this considered lewd?
Are you worse than a widow?
Mi Zhen's mood was very complicated. On the one hand, she was looking forward to Yuan Xi's visit, but on the other hand, she felt even more uncomfortable. So what if she saw him?
Mi Zhu didn't know what Mi Zhen was thinking, and was currently thinking a lot about it. He was waiting for Mi Fang to come back to discuss it, but Mi Fang didn't know where she had gone!
Mi Zhu and Mi Zhen both had something on their minds, so they just sat there in silence. After an unknown amount of time, Mi Fang rushed in excitedly.
Mi Zhu looked a little angry and said, "There are a lot of things going on in the Mi family these days. Where have you been?"
When Mi Fang heard this, she said, "Brother, is there something wrong?"
"I'm going to Chen's house."
Mi Zhu heard this and screamed bitterly, "What are you doing at Chen's house!"
"Every move you make at this time will arouse suspicion. How dare you go to a place like the Chen family?"
Mi Fang said nonchalantly: "I am currently working in Yizhou. Why can't I go to Chen's house to congratulate Chen Deng?"
He said mysteriously: "And I am rushing ahead to get some benefits for the Mi family."
"Chen Deng is going to Guangling to be the governor. There should be many children of the Chen family following him. It will inevitably cost money to build a house and purchase land."
"In this way, the Chen family's property in Xiapi won't be able to use so much. Their family has fertile land, and our family has a lot of property left, so we just bought it to avoid giving others an advantage!"
"So as soon as things were over in the morning, I saw Chen Deng coming home, so I immediately came to the door and negotiated a lot of these things with him!"
"Am I awesome?"
Seeing Mi Fang's triumphant look, Mi Zhu was furious. "Second brother, you have already reached this position, why are you still doing things like a businessman!"
"Do you know that doing this at this time will cause criticism!"
Mi Fang listened and said unconvinced: "Why are you criticizing us? If we don't buy it, others will buy it differently?"
Mi Zhu hated the fact that iron was not as strong as steel and said: "Second brother, when will you be able to enlighten yourself!"
"Yuanlong has already lost power. Do you think he wants to leave Xiapi?"
"Our Mi family and Chen family are originally from the same family, and we have been criticized quite a lot for this matter in Xuzhou. We should have lowered our heads and behaved like human beings!"
"You have also seen that Yuan Long openly defected to Yuan Xi today. My lord will definitely not be happy. If Yuan Long is gone, our Mi family will be the target of public criticism!"
"We are alone. We should give up some of the benefits to other subordinate officials of the lord, but you still want to buy land and rob them of the good things they like!"
"Tell me if you have lost your mind!"
Mi Fang slowly came back to her senses and lowered her head in silence.
He said solemnly: "Brother said so, but Yuan Xi tied the Mi family to him through the maritime trade route, what does the lord think of us?"
Mi Zhu sighed: "You finally understand a little bit, but Yuan Xi has a very bad heart!"
"Unless we don't want to stay in Xuzhou anymore, we have to find ways to distance ourselves from him!"
Mi Zhen listened to the two brothers arguing and finally came to understand.
Her face turned slightly pale, so what was Yuan Xi's intention?
At that time, he came to the Mi family to discuss cooperation, and he was quite happy. After making trouble for a long time, he was just taking advantage of the Mi family?
What about yourself?
In the eyes of the other party, am I just a fool who can be easily deceived?
Mi Zhen suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly, why was she deceived? The other party never promised anything from beginning to end, right?
She felt a little cold in her heart. Whether she was doing business or being an official, she was always scheming. The reality was so cruel, and she still had too many beautiful illusions.
But who can escape? I heard that Liu Bei's wife and his concubine Gan also disliked each other and fought openly and secretly. If I really wanted to marry him at that time, would I be involved in this whirlpool?
Yuan Xi sent back Mrs. Liu Bei and ruined her marriage. Should she thank him or hate him?
While the Mi family was restless about Yuan Xi's visit, Yuan Xi had already arrived at the Chen family.
As soon as he entered the door, Chen Deng was already waiting there. Two old men were sitting in the main seat and the guest seat respectively. After Chen Deng introduced them, they turned out to be Chen Deng's father, Chen Gui and Hua Tuo.
Yuan Xi first said respectfully to Chen Gui: "Xi pays homage to Mr. Han Yu."
He thought that by looking at this word, it must mean that the loyal minister of the Han Dynasty has not escaped. The ancients valued their own words very much and often used them as their own philosophy of life.
No wonder that after later generations Chen Deng and his son defected to Cao Cao, they attached great importance to it at first, but later gradually marginalized it until it was no longer mentioned in the history books.
If you want this father and son to be completely loyal, it will take a lot of effort.
The old man sitting at the top is Chen Deng's father, Chen Gui. He was a filial and honest man who once served as the county magistrate of Beihai Opera in Qingzhou and later resigned. The Chen family is also a famous family. It is said that Chen Gui has been friends with Yuan Shu since he was a child.
It is human nature for others, including Liu Bei, to have concerns about the Chen family and even Chen Deng. Xuzhou borders Yangzhou, who knows if the Chen family will become Yuan Shu's internal collaborator?
Only Yuan Xi, who knew the history of later generations, dared to put his mind at ease and use this father and son.
Because Yuan Xi knew that when Yuan Shu usurped the throne, he wanted to recruit Chen Gui and used Chen Gui's two sons to threaten him, but Chen Gui rejected him outright.
Afterwards, Chen Gui personally lobbied Lu Bu to destroy the marriage between Lu Bu and Yuan Shu, and then used tricks to alienate Han Siam and Yang Feng, and defeated Yuan Shu's army. He was called Yuan Shu's nemesis.
That's why Yuan Xi dared to recruit the Chen family with confidence and let Chen Deng take charge of Guangling.
Chen Gui quickly stood up and returned the greeting: "I have done nothing, so I am ashamed to receive such a generous gift from you."
Yuan Xi smiled and said: "How can the old gentleman teach such a talented person as Mr. Yuan Long? He is worthy of being worshiped by Xi Yiyi."
Chen Gui asked curiously: "My son is only a mere Diannong school captain, how can he be called a talent?"
Yuan Xi smiled and said: "An expert told me that Mr. Yuanlong will definitely leave his name in history."
Chen Gui only thought that Yuan Xi was joking, but Hua Tuo said: "I heard Yuan Long mention that the young master once met an expert in stargazing and revealed Yuan Long's hidden disease?"
As soon as Hua Tuo said this, Chen Gui, Chen Deng and his son also listened attentively. After all, this matter was too unbelievable.
At that time, there were a few famous fortune-telling experts in the world, but I had never heard of anyone who could judge a person's fortune and misfortune through the horoscope without seeing the real person's face. Wasn't this a glimpse into the way of heaven?
Yuan Xi laughed, "There is indeed such a person, but the dragon god has never been seen, and I have only seen him once."
Hua Tuo asked: "Does this person have a name?"
Yuan Xi could only say: "I only know his name, Hidden Tiger."
Chen Gui's eyes flashed, "But the hidden tiger who offered advice to Marquis Wen and almost forced Cao Mengde to a dead end?"
Yuan Xi was startled and thought, how could Chen Gui know this inside story?
This seemingly honest old man is not simple.
He could only hide it: "I only know that this person can observe the sky. As for what he did, I don't know very well."
Chen Gui naturally didn't believe it.
If the fierce tiger and the hidden tiger were not familiar with each other, how could they discuss the condition of Chen Deng, who was thousands of miles away?
At that time, Chen Deng and Yuan Xi didn’t know each other at all!
There must be a reason!
Yuan Xi's name, Fierce Tiger, is so similar to that of Yin Hu, and Yuan Xi has a name that fulfills the prophecy. Could it be that Yin Hu looked at the stars and thought that this Fierce Tiger had the aura of an emperor, so he assisted him?
If you think about it this way, this fierce tiger traveled thousands of miles to save Chen Deng's life and entrusted him with an important task. Is Chen Deng also a key person in the prophecy?
Is the big man really exhausted?
If Yuan Xi knew that Chen Gui had made up so many things, he would definitely vomit three liters of blood.
Sometimes, although things will achieve the desired result, they actually take a completely different path than expected.