The news that Yuan Xi was leaving soon spread throughout Yecheng.
As Yuan Xi's governor of Youzhou, everyone knows what's going on. Now he can't even completely occupy Zhuo County, but he still has real power. After all, all the official positions under him are You can get a real salary.
There was an endless stream of people coming to visit, most of them were nobles who had failed in Jizhou and wanted to find a position in Youzhou.
While socializing, Yuan Xi disclosed some future plans without revealing any trace. Only then did the nobles know that Yuan Xi did not go directly back to Beixincheng, the seat of Zhuojun, but directly led his troops to the prefectures of Bohai County in Jizhou and Yuyang County in Youzhou. Realm, wipe out the remaining forces of Gongsun Zan, and capture Yuyang County.
Yuyang is rich in salt and iron resources. If it is captured as soon as possible, it will be equivalent to an extra money bank. Everyone thinks that Yuan Xi is also very anxious. He has only been married for less than half a month and is going to expand his territory!
And Yuan Xi actually wants to take Zhen Mi to Yuyang with him!
Are you taking your family to the battlefield, or are you going on a sightseeing trip?
Letting his family go into dangerous places and treating the battlefield as child's play, is this fierce tiger of the Yuan family too confident?
Some thoughtful people began to think about it and started talking privately. Yuan Xi had just adopted his wife and was about to take his wife away from Yecheng. Are they worried about the Yuan family?
At this time, Zhen Mi and Yuan Xi were enjoying the rare silence. They were staying in the small building where Zhen Mi had been married.
Yuan Xi sat in front of the window with Zhen Mi in his arms. He looked at the scene in Yecheng through the gap in the window and sighed: "The scenery here is still unique. No wonder the ancients said that the wise enjoy the mountains and the benevolent enjoy the water."
"Standing from a high place and watching the suffering of all sentient beings, you can really think of something different."
Zhen Mi felt the warmth from Yuan Xi's palm, and her pretty face turned red, "What my husband is doing now is wise or benevolent?"
Yuan Xi chuckled: "The affairs between husband and wife must be open and aboveboard, and the world can learn from them. Of course, it can be found in mountains and rivers."
Zhen Mi felt that Yuan Xi's hands were becoming more dishonest, and she twisted her body, "My husband was nearly mentally deranged on the night of the wedding, but he was much rougher than after."
Yuan Xi was ashamed, "Maybe it was because I drank too much at that time. I have a very bad drinking capacity and my brain is very unclear when I'm drunk, so I did some excessive things to my wife in a daze."
Zhen Mi knew that this was the truth. They had drank several times after they got married. Yuan Xi was really not a good drinker. After a few drinks, he couldn't drink anymore. After that, he became almost mentally deranged.
Zhen Mi felt a little resentful when she recalled that her usually gentle and elegant husband was very violent on the wedding night.
But fortunately, Yuan Xi's little sense left allowed him to retain a minimum of consideration, and Zhen Mi could finally feel the joy of being a couple.
She bit her teeth lightly, remembering the scene when she took Zhen Rong away that day, and she vaguely understood something. It turns out that this is what happens between men and women. Why didn't her mother mention it to herself?
Thinking of Cai Zhaoji, who has yet to decide on a marriage, she whispered: "Sister Zhaoji is still a widow of the Wei family. How will your husband arrange for her?"
"To be honest, Sister Zhaoji is far more qualified to be a wife than me in terms of family background and talent. Every time I see her, I feel a little ashamed of myself."
Yuan Xi's hands were groping inside Zhen Mi's skirt, and her fingers traced across her slender waist, making Zhen Mi's body tremble uncontrollably.
He said: "Don't think so much. The matter between Zhao Ji and I won't be sorted out in a short time. You can just be a good lady with peace of mind."
"The most important thing about being a real wife is to have a pure mind. You are fine as you are now."
Zhen Mi was moved and whispered: "Does this mean I'm a little stupid?"
Yuan Xi smiled and said, "If you weren't stupid, how could you have been deceived by me?"
"It seems like we've only met a few times and you already have a good impression of me?"
"I still don't understand what attracted you."
Zhen Mi raised her head and thought for a long time, then suddenly smiled: "I can't explain clearly."
"When the Yuan family and the Zhen family proposed their marriage, my mother immediately agreed."
"I was still very scared at the time. I was in constant panic. I was afraid that I would get married one day."
"As a result, I spent a year in fear, but there was no movement from Yuan's side. I went to ask my mother and found out that my husband had been staying in Zhuojun and had not come back."
"I couldn't figure it out at the time. Everyone talks about getting married and starting a business. Why does it seem like my husband is not interested in getting married?"
"Or are you living a good life there, so you don't want to come back?"
Yuan Xi laughed out loud and put more force on his hands: "I told you what life is like over there a few days ago. It's not a good life if you don't even have enough to eat."
Zhen Mi quickly begged for mercy, then covered her chest and said, "I know I was wrong. If my husband didn't tell me, I really didn't know it would be so painful."
"After I go to Zhuojun with my husband, I will definitely have the strength to adapt to the hard life."
Yuan Xi shook his head and said: "There is no need to go through hardships. Beixin City is already much better than before. People live not just to live a better life."
"Where did you say just now?"
Zhen Mi thought for a while and then said: "I have been waiting for my husband for one year, and then another year."
"In those two years, a lot of things happened. There were wars everywhere in Jizhou. Even Yecheng was invaded by Black Mountain bandits."
Yuan Xi heard this and said, "I heard it was really dangerous at that time. How did the Zhen family escape?"
Zhen Mi said: "There is a secret room under the Zhen family's mansion. It is not a problem to stay there for a few days in times of crisis. Fortunately, the siege of Yecheng was quickly lifted."
"At that time, I had been waiting for two years, and I was getting older. There were rumors in Yecheng that the Zhen family was trying to get high, but Yuan went back on her word."
"I feel a little unhappy. Obviously the Zhen family did nothing wrong. It was the Yuan family who proposed the marriage to the Zhen family at that time."
"For three years, I sat in the small building day and night, feeling how time flew by. Sometimes I resented the husband I had never met."
Yuan Xi couldn't help laughing, "Are you so anxious?"
"How much older would you have been before you screamed even more on your wedding night?"
After hearing this, Zhen Mi was so angry that she gave Yuan Xi a hard elbow on the chest, "My husband is good-looking and looks like a humble gentleman. How come he speaks so vulgarly? You really can't tell a person by his appearance!"
Yuan Xi quickly apologized, and Zhen Mi was satisfied and continued: "On that day, I heard that my husband came back from Zhuojun, and I was curious to see what this man who had been with me for three years looked like."
"I asked my fourth sister to take me to the Yuan Mansion, and then I met my husband."
"At that time, my husband was making candy cakes and turned a blind eye to my sister and me who came in."
Yuan Xi thought about it and couldn't help but feel ashamed: "The things I used at that time were actually quite expensive, so I didn't want to waste them, so I didn't even notice when you came in."
Zhen Mi pursed her lips and smiled: "But for me, I have never seen a nobleman take food so seriously."
"At that time, I was thinking that my husband is really different."
"Later, I heard my husband tell interesting stories about Zhuo County, and I couldn't help thinking that my husband would rather stay in the bitter cold north than come back to get married. That place must be very interesting, right?"
"So because of my husband's stories, I have been yearning for the scenery of the North. In contrast, I stay in this mansion day after day and live the same life. Maybe it will be like this after getting married, right?"
"Perhaps at this time, I had an idea. If I marry my husband, wouldn't I be able to go to the North to see it?"
Yuan Xi sweated profusely, thinking that this is what Zhen Mi had in mind!
It goes without saying that people often only need an inconspicuous reason or a whim to yearn for the strange world outside.
He said: "It's not always so good outside. In addition to the beautiful mountains and rivers, there are also bandits and wars, natural disasters, hungry people and corpses everywhere."
Zhen Mi's face turned pale, "Husband, don't scare me. If husband feels that I am a burden, I will not go."
Yuan Xi shook his head: "I just don't want you to be exposed to the cruelty outside, especially the battlefield. That kind of scene is really unpleasant."
Zhen Mi said softly: "But this time my husband took my concubine out, wasn't he just using this excuse to deceive others?"
Yuan Xi was surprised when he heard this: "How could you guess that?"
"Did someone tell you that?"
He thought to himself that it was enough for Cai Zhaoji, who was helping him handle military affairs, to guess it. How could Zhen Mi also guess it?
Zhen Mi said anxiously: "I heard about my husband's war from Mrs. Cai."
"My husband, the soldier, attaches great importance to his life. How could he do such a childish thing as taking his concubine with him on the battlefield, and endanger the soldier's life?"
"Unless my husband has other intentions."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi nodded slightly, thinking that indeed a thoughtful person could still guess the clues. As a woman, Zhen Mi could figure out that a thoughtful person might not be able to guess it, so she had to be more careful.
He took Zhen Mi's hand and said, "You can follow me with peace of mind this time."
"There is no delay in fighting, and there is no delay in seeing the scenery!"
After hearing this, Zhen Mi's eyes flashed with light, and she nodded her head gently, "I trust you, husband."
A few days later, it was the day for Yuan Xi to set off.
Xu Yuan Shao thought of his affection and asked Yuan Shang to allocate a thousand troops to Yuan Xi.
However, Yuan Xi knew in his heart that Yuan Shao might have a simple idea, but Yuan Shang was not necessarily so sure. Among these thousand troops, who knows how many informants Yuan Shang had.
He didn't say anything, but just thanked Yuan Shang: "Thank you very much, Master, for your kindness. Please also ask Mr. Xianfu to convey your gratitude to the Master."
After hearing this, Yuan Shang smiled and said, "Young Master Xian Yi, there is no need to be polite, I will bring the message to you."
When Yuan Xi saw Yuan Shang leaving, he went to Zhao Yuntai Shi Ci and said, "The things here are almost over. Let's set out tomorrow." "
The next day, the two men led a thousand soldiers and horses and several carriages out of Yecheng.
Guo Jia left his wife in Yecheng and took two concubines on the road. Taishi Ci also left his mother, wife and daughter behind. Taishi Ci's old mother was not able to withstand the severe cold in the north, so she could only stay and be taken care of by Mrs. Taishi Ci. .
Huan's mother and daughter, together with Cai Zhaoji, all left with the carriage. It was meaningless for them to stay in Yecheng. Instead, they would be easily coveted and targeted by those who wanted to harm Yuan Xi.
Inside the carriage, Yuan Xi watched Zhen Mi lift the curtain and look in the direction of Zhen Mansion without saying a word. The joy of traveling on her face was diluted by sadness, and he knew that she was worried about her mother, Mrs. Zhang.
But if people want to truly grow up, they have to leave their parents sooner or later. Zhen Mi can only face the pain of separation if she wants to be independent in the future.
(End of chapter)
