Yuan Yun felt very different when he entered Cao's Mansion this time, a little apprehensive, a little frightened, after all, this was to prepare to meet the future mother-in-law, he had seen a lot of news in the past, and the son-in-law would inevitably be troubled by all kinds of difficulties when he saw his mother-in-law. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Although I have a car and a house today, but these are the standards of modern society in the future, according to the rules of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, I need identity and status, and in exchange for this Ding's mother, I need to give Cao Qinghe the position of wife, which is very troublesome, after all, it is Cai Wenji who is married by the Son of Heaven.

Headache.

Cao Zhuang led Yuan Yun to the courtyard of the back house, and then he said goodbye.

Looking at Cao Zhuang who was gradually moving away, Yuan Yun shook his head helplessly, but at this moment, he saw Cao Ang walking out of the inner courtyard, then grabbed Yuan Yun and continued to walk a few steps towards the inner courtyard, and then stopped in front of a small pavilion.

Glancing left and right, Cao Ang smiled bitterly: "Mother must have called you to talk about Qinghe, has Brother Yun figured out how to talk?" ”

Yuan Yun didn't reply, but asked, "Why are you here?" Aren't you going to the new city today? ”

Cao Ang smiled: "It's not that I heard that my mother called you, so I just pulled over, brother, how can I stand by your side at this time." ”

Yuan Yun gave a thumbs up, and then asked, "Did Aunt Ding reveal anything to you?" Tell me that I'd better prepare in advance. ”

Cao Ang frowned slightly, and said, "Mother has been asking me about Brother Yun's business, but Qinghe's identity has not been mentioned much after marriage, which is a bit strange." ”

"Doing business? Why do you suddenly ask this? Yuan Yun was a little puzzled.

Cao Ang sighed: "After all, a businessman is a cheap business, this mother will naturally care, and she must ask about it today." ”

Yuan Yun shrugged his shoulders and said, "I sometimes think it's strange, the status of a merchant was so high when Emperor Xiaojing was there, how come he is not even as good as a dog now?" ”

Cao Ang spread his hands and said: "I know something about this, Emperor Xiaojing ruled by inaction during the period of Emperor Xiaojing, the world was prosperous and there was no war, the merchants paid the most taxes, and the natural government would give some status, but now it is different, the more chaotic the world, the more the merchants have no status, only in this way is it suitable to embezzle their property, do you know that copying a rich merchant's home is more real than copying a thousand households, and now the world is obviously falling apart, and the businessman is naturally the first to be suppressed." ”

"Bandits!" Yuan Yun sighed with emotion and did not continue to dwell on this issue.

After taking a few steps, Cao Ang asked again: "The two female assassins captured in your mansion have been sent to Xincheng, and now they are unable to fly, you told me that they were sent by Zhang Lu, why did they go to you?" I haven't heard of you offending anyone in the Hanzhong realm? ”

Yuan Yun couldn't figure it out, but he didn't have much time to ask questions at that time, but what kind of enchantment would definitely not last a few days, and he would be able to figure it out sooner or later. Zhang Lu's goods are now fragrant and spicy in Hanzhong, and he doesn't fight with Liu Zhang in Yizhou, and he came to find himself unlucky, and I don't know if he took the wrong medicine?

"As soon as we met Aunt Ding, we went directly to Xincheng, there are still a lot of things to deal with over there, about the two female assassins, they are talking about Xincheng." After Yuan Yun finished speaking, he sped up a few steps, since he couldn't escape, he would have dealt with it earlier, and it was best to take Wen Ji and Qinghe to Yuan's mansion in the next few days, so that he could forget about his wish.

The two didn't say much, and walked all the way to Ding's main house, still sitting in the lobby, waiting for Ding to come out and ask questions.

At the same time, in the northeast of Xudu, a hundred miles away, there was a thousand-strong team lurking in a dense forest, and people and horses were constantly converging around.

At this moment, the leaders of several people who seem to be leaders are organizing some of their subordinates to distribute weapons, these weapons look very dilapidated, and if you look closely, you can see that they are all collected from the battlefield, and some of them are stained with coagulated blood.

These more than 1,000 people are basically homeless people who can't survive, and there are even thirteen or fourteen-year-old boys, they are starved to death in the wasteland, and when someone recruits them, they have become very bold, let alone sneak attack a new city, as long as they are given food, they will immediately pull the flag and rebel, and they will definitely not frown.

In addition to these homeless people, the most powerful combat power of this thousand-person team is those deserters, there are all over the place, and there are even soldiers scattered from Gongsun Zan in the direction of Jizhou, these people are lawless outlaws, as long as they can survive, they don't mind killing anyone, and they don't mind losing their lives, anyway, they are used to life and death, and there are as many as four or five hundred deserters like this, which is definitely not a force that can take a break.

After distributing the weapons, the leader was full of doubts, so he grabbed an entourage and asked, "General Cao Ren really said that we should continue to attack Xincheng?" ”

The entourage nodded and said, "General Cao Ren said that even if it does not cause a popular uprising, Xincheng must be captured, and this batch of weapons was specially ordered by the general to be brought to me." ”

The leader sighed secretly, a little embarrassed: "The walls of the new city are tall and strong, where can our more than 1,000 people attack it?" ”

The entourage didn't care, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, there are also our people in the city, all of whom were sent in before, not to mention two hundred, so it is naturally easy to cooperate with the outside." ”

The leader still shook his head and said: "Those gunpowder troops are already the establishment of Xincheng, do you know that when they were in Xuzhou, they wiped out all the five thousand elite cavalry of Lu Bu, and we ...... it."

"Don't be afraid, although there are only 1,000 people here, but there are two other groups of men and horses that add up to almost 5,000, and General Cao Ren also said that when we reach the outskirts of Xudu, he will use the excuse to transfer away from the Powder Army, so it is an empty city, what else is there to worry about?"

When the leader heard this, he finally laughed, so his face sank, and he shouted to the several squads behind him: "Let your men take weapons, and then each team will be in a group, as soon as the sun sets, we will continue to hurry, and the violators will be killed!" ”

The teams were nodding their heads in agreement, and in an instant they dispersed.

The group was out of the leader's sight, but they gathered again, seven or eight men carefully avoiding the crowds, and then gathered in a tent, one of whom quickly unfurled a map.

After everyone took the map into their sight, the person who unfolded the map said: "The layout of the new city is all here, and after we attack the city, we will not destroy it, but kill people, and the more people we kill, the better, and ignore those facilities." ”

One of the teams was puzzled, "General, why do you arrange it like this?" Aren't we going to help Cao Ren destroy the new city? ”

The general said: "Listen to the order, you are all veterans who have been with the lord for many years, since the lord has arranged it this way, he naturally has his reasons, we just need to implement it, remember, we must kill more people, anyway, it is Cao Ren who is responsible in the end, and the greater this hatred, the better." ”

Looking at the still bright sky outside the tent, the general continued: "We are only a hundred miles away from Xudu now, and we are all day and night, it is estimated that we can arrive in two or three days, and then it will depend on the performance of your brothers. ”

"No!" As they finished speaking, the group dispersed towards the outside of the tent, leaving only the general and a personal guard.

The general let out a long sigh of relief when he saw that the team had disappeared, and then asked the guards beside him, "Have those masters of Yuan Xigongzi been arranged?" ”

When the guard heard this, he replied: "It has been placed in the ranks, and once this matter is over, these teams will have no way to live, and the general can rest assured." ”

After speaking, the guards immediately set up the beds in the tent, and then continued: "General, you have also traveled for a day and a night before returning from Xudu, and you are going to attack the city again, you are really tired enough, it is better to rest early." ”

The general sighed and said with a wry smile: "There are some things that the lord is inconvenient to do, so I can only do it for me, so it's okay, at least it proves that the lord trusts me very much." ”

As he spoke, he had already laid down, and then ordered the guards to guard the door of the tent, and it was indeed very tiring these days, and he had been circling several camps in a row, and had explained all the teams that had been placed in the ranks, and now his body was naturally very tired.

When the guard came to the door, he heard a heavy snoring from inside, and he himself seemed to be a little tired, so he arranged for a few of his men to guard the whole place, and he leaned softly against the door of the tent, ready to take a nap.

The guard sat down, and a pair of eyes in the darkness in the distance blinked twice, and soon the owner of these eyes slowly scurried down from the treetops, and when he came to the bright place, he immediately returned to the appearance of a ruffian, it was Li He who was planted by Shi Shen.

Li He walked around the camp, and then came to the tent of his brothers, and after sitting down, he pulled a young man to his side, and whispered: "Hurry up and find the horses we have hidden outside the camp, and then send a message to the lord, saying that these people will attack the city in two or three days, and the commanders in those dark places are the leaders of each team. ”

Speaking of this, Li He paused, feeling that this time the matter was more important, so he ordered two of his subordinates to rush back to Xudu together, anyway, this improvised siege team was very chaotic, and no one would care if there were one or two less.

The three subordinates received Li He's order and immediately rushed out, hoping to bring the news back to their lord Yuan Yun earlier.

Yuan Yun now has a wry smile on his face, he really doesn't know how to answer this Ding family's question, and he actually asked his Yuan family to take all the money and grain to exchange for land, and from then on he will honestly be a big landlord and a big nobleman.

This must not be promised, and even if it is promised, it must be selectively promised, and saving the country from the curve is the only option that there are not many at present.

After thinking about it, Yuan Yun said with a smile: "Aunt Ding, I don't take care of these business things, many of them are handed over to the shopkeeper at home, just like other nobles, so don't worry that I will be self-deprecating." ”

Ding didn't choose to believe Yuan Yun this time, but blurted out: "I asked Cao Zhuang to check, what hotel business in Wancheng, as well as Xu Du's gambling, it seems that they have something to do with Yuan Gongzi, although the money is to be earned, but the status is more important, you don't want to lose big because of small things, these are only good for us as elders to teach you, Xu Yi's boys will only make a fuss, you can't let them come nonsense." ”

"Yes, yes, I won't be involved in these things in the future, and I will leave them to others to take care of, Aunt Ding can rest assured." Yuan Yun felt that he was not lying, because it was indeed handed over to others to take care of, the gambling was done by Xu Yi and Liu Yiyi, and the hotel was done by Liu Yiyi, and he was at most a big black man behind the scenes.

When Ding heard Yuan Yun agree, his heart calmed down a little, and he sighed in an instant, and said: "Since the Son of Heaven has issued an edict to let you marry Wen Ji, I have nothing to refute, but I feel that it is too aggrieved to let Qinghe be a concubine." ”

"Mother, you don't know Brother Yun, he has always been very good to his own people, whether Qinghe marries a concubine or a wife, Brother Yun will definitely not owe, isn't there still me here? If he dares to do anything to Qinghe, I will be the first to refuse, so my mother can rest assured. Cao Ang said patiently and secretly gave Yuan Yun a look.

Yuan Yun immediately gave a thumbs up on the table, this pig teammate played a super long time today, and the assist played well, which suddenly reduced the pressure on his side.

Only then did Ding put down his thoughts, and then looked at Yuan Yun seriously: "If Qinghe suffers, I will ask you for a try, Yuan Gongzi will remember it in the future, you have to level this basin of water for me." ”