Zhen Ji: "My little lady, I congratulate you on your great victory."
"I have been thinking about what the young master said a few days ago for a long time."
"The little girl has nothing now. All she has is the figure of a willow tree. Thanks to the young master, I don't mind it. Now the thieves are causing chaos in the world. Only under the protection of the young master can I have a glimmer of hope."
"So, if the young master doesn't give up, the little girl is willing to marry the young master as his concubine. I just hope that the young master will not dislike her in the future."
When Zhen Ji said such words, she must have made a very strong determination. After all, he is now helpless and his parents died early.
The second uncle of the family wanted to murder his own property and life so that he could seize all the property left to him by his parents.
And Zhen Ji, who is now helpless, can say such a thing. One can imagine how much courage it takes, and it also means that everything she has for the rest of her life belongs to Yuan Shu.
She was betting that Yuan Shu would be good to her. But once she loses the bet, she may face endless torture.
When Yuan Shu and Xiaocui heard what Zhen Ji said, they each had different reactions.
And Xiaocui cried at the side, and her hanging heart finally let go. After all, as long as her young lady finds a good home, she will have no regrets.
Xiaocui knew that over the years, the reason why her young lady was still in her twenties was not married. All this is because the Zhen family does not allow it, because once the young lady of their own family gets married.
Then the money belonging to the original master and wife will be regarded as part of the dowry, and there is a lot of it. It is precisely because of this that the family has been delaying their young lady from getting married.
Until now, those sons of the gentry are unwilling to marry their own ladies because of their age or because of rumors spread deliberately.
Fortunately, she met Mr. Yuan, and Xiaocui's knot in her heart was completely relieved.
Yuan Shu stepped forward, hugged Zhen Ji into his arms and said, "Of course I won't wrong you, and you didn't marry me as a concubine."
"I am marrying you, even though I am marrying you as a concubine. Of course, there will be no shortage of eight carriages, three letters and six betrothals."
"If you don't want to go back to your family and face those sad things, then Xiaocui will naturally be your natal family."
"Three letters and six betrothals will be given to Miss Xiaocui. Not only that, you don't need to bring any dowry."
"After you marry me, your daily expenses will be the same as Yuan'er and Zhaoji. It doesn't matter if the day's expenses are not used up, I will save them for you."
"Don't worry, no one can bully you in the future. You can do whatever you want, and there is no saying in the Yuan family that mother is more valuable than son."
"Even if you don't want children in the future, I will not force you. If you are willing to marry me, it is already the greatest blessing in my life, Yuan Shu."
After Yuan Shu finished speaking, Zhen Ji finally couldn't hold back the tears in her eyes. He cried in Yuan Shu's arms and said: "Husband, please don't abandon Luo'er in the future."
"Also, Xiaocui is my maid. Since I didn't give my husband a dowry, I naturally can't ask for his betrothal gift."
"So, all this just needs to go through a formality. Luo'er believes in her husband, she just hopes that her husband can give Xiaocui a status when the time comes."
"After all, Xiaocui grew up with me, and I have delayed her all these years."
When Zhen Ji finished speaking, she lowered her head and buried it in Yuan Shu's arms.
Xiao Cui's eyes were already red from crying. Yuan Shu looked down at this moment and found that Zhen Ji herself was crying like a girl. So he said: "Everything is up to you. After I finish fighting the rebels and go back this time, I will start working on the marriage between the two of us."
"Don't worry, when the time comes, I will let everyone in the world know that you were married to me, Yuan Shu, with eight carriages and three letters and six appointments."
"No one can gossip about you. If you want revenge, your husband will help you."
When Yuan Shu said this, Zhen Ji hugged him tighter. He still refuses to let go, for fear that this reliance is just a dream of his.
After all, I had experienced so much in just one month, and I originally wanted to go home and take refuge. But I never thought that my second uncle would be so cruel and would kill me for the sake of the property left by my father and mother.
If it weren't for his great fortune, he would have been saved by his husband a few days ago. Perhaps now that he had lost his innocence and was killed and thrown into the wilderness, all these years of grievances could be released all at once.
Therefore, now Yuan Shu is everything to Zhen Ji.
Zhen Ji: "Luo'er believes in her husband, so forget about revenge."
"From now on, Luo'er will be my husband's wife and will no longer have anything to do with the Zhen family."
Yuan Shu allowed himself to hold Zhen Ji as gently as possible, and then said: "I will live up to Luo'er in this life."
On the other side, the three brothers Liu Bei were riding towards Youzhou. On the way, they encountered a group of nearly a hundred bandits who were subdued by the three brothers. Then we took him to Youzhou with him, but the speed was much slower.
Because these robbers only have more than a dozen horses, but the rest of them are people without horses. Therefore, the speed has been reduced, but it can definitely reach Youzhou before the Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Jue breaks through Youzhou.
At this time, Huangpu Song was the first to lead troops to Youzhou City, but there were only less than 30,000 people left in the original 50,000-strong army.
It turned out that Qu Shuai, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, had sacrificed a lot when he was annihilating other Yellow Turban Army troops. Although the army he led was said to be the most elite force in the Han Dynasty, the development speed of these Yellow Turban Army units was too fast.
Because of the disasters and plagues, people all over the Han Dynasty complained. In some places, the Yellow Turban Army even opened the city gates and surrendered as soon as they arrived.
In more places, the people cooperated with the Yellow Turban Army internally and externally to deal with this situation. Huangpu Song just felt that this was caused by the corruption of the Han Dynasty.
But Huangpu Song didn't know that when the plague and disaster first started, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty had already allocated a lot of money, but it was all embezzled by officials and nobles from various places.
Moreover, even the military salary that the Han Dynasty had owed for several years was settled at once, but God did not seem to give Han Ling Emperor a chance to turn the tide. On the contrary, it accelerated the demise of the Han Dynasty and caused the world to begin to divide faster.
In fact, the real leaders were Huangpu Song, Lu Zhi and Zhu Jun. Perhaps these military salaries may not be distributed to those soldiers. It can be said that the destruction of the Han Dynasty is necessary.
At this moment, Huangpu Song led his soldiers to the gate of Youzhou City and shouted: "Where is Prefect Liu Yan? Quickly open the city gate to let our troops in."
"I am General Huangpu Song of the Han Dynasty, and I have been ordered to fight against thieves. I heard that you are in trouble in Youzhou, and now I am leading troops to help."
A young general guarding the city saw that it was the military flag of the Han Dynasty, and these soldiers were also wearing the armor of the Han army. After hearing that Huangpu Song announced his family status, he immediately shouted to the people below: "General, don't worry, I will report to the prefect right now."
After the young general finished speaking, he ran to report to Liu Yan and said: "Report, Lord Taishou. There is someone outside who calls himself General Huangpu Song and has led nearly 30,000 elite men to support us."
After Liu Yan, who was worried, heard the news, he immediately said: "Hurry, come with me to greet General Huangpu Song."
"As long as we have the 30,000 troops he brings, we can still defend Youzhou City."
"At least you don't have to worry about being killed by the rebels."
After Liu Yan finished speaking, he followed the young general to the city wall.
Arriving at the city wall, Liu Yan also saw the Han flag at a glance. Then someone from above shouted loudly: "Is this person coming down below General Huangpu?"
Huangpu Song: "Prefect Liu, I haven't seen you for a long time. Now I would like to ask you, the prefect, to open the city gate so that my soldiers can go in and have a rest."
"To prepare for the arrival of the next rebels."
After Huangpu Song finished speaking, Liu Yan also confirmed the identity of the other party. And seeing that there was nothing strange about the army below, he ordered: "Quickly, lower the bridge and open the city gate."
"Below is indeed my Han army, also General Huangpu Song."
Following Liu Yan's order, the city gate slowly opened. The bridge above the moat was also slowly lowered, allowing the army led by Huangpu Song to enter the city.
Huangpu Song watched the city gate slowly open and the bridge lowered, then he ordered his soldiers to enter the city.
As soon as he entered Youzhou City, Liu Yan came over and said, "General Huangpu, we haven't seen each other for several years."
"I didn't expect to meet you today, but it was for the purpose of defeating the rebels. Life is really like a dream, and it will last forever."
Huangpu Song: "Master Liu, when we were in the court, you and I were still in our prime with green hair. Now we have white hair on our hair. Time is not forgiving."
"I didn't expect that I would have to lead troops on an expedition even at my old age. Now among the three generals, I am the only one who is the oldest."
"As for Lu Zhi and Zhu Jun, they are also a few years younger than me. It's a pity that things didn't work out as expected."
When the two met, they just exchanged pleasantries and greeted each other like they had been friends for many years.
In fact, these two people had nothing to do with each other at all. If it weren't for the Yellow Turbans' rebellion, they might not have seen each other again until they died.
Because the Han Dynasty had clear laws that did not allow important officials in the court to meet privately with these feudal ministers. After all, the position of governor of a county is already equivalent to that of the local emperor.
And before that, the position of state pastor had been abolished long ago. It was only because of Yuan Shu that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty started to use it again.
But there is only one Nanyang Prefect, and among the other counties, the prefect is still the largest.
Liu Yan: "Times have changed, and you and I don't need to talk about this anymore."
"Let's go, I'll prepare good wine and good food for you, General Huangpu, to wash away the dust."
"Let your soldiers set up camp on the spot in the city!"
