Chapter 24: The Backyard
This Northern Expedition against the Karasuma people is completely over, and as for Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi who escaped, Yuan Yun knows their fate best, so he even has the effort to send a beggar gang to investigate.
Now Yecheng is full of singing and laughing, and many clans in the four northern states have sent their children, and then brought a large number of gifts here to congratulate Cao Cao, which can also be seen that those inconsolable existences have all collapsed with the rout of Karasuma.
The Gunpowder Army repaired in the camp on the outskirts of Yecheng for almost five days, and some of the wounded were also well treated, and this duel with the main force of Karasuma caused the Gunpowder Army to lose more than 800 people, which was the largest battle loss since the formation of the army.
In view of the outstanding achievements of the Gunpowder Army, Cao Cao specially allowed these people to take a holiday and could enter and leave Yecheng at will, so these Gunpowder Army soldiers have lived a very leisurely life in the past few days.
The most surprising thing is that whenever the soldiers of the Powder Army leave the camp and pass in front of the camp of other troops, both the junior soldiers and the superior officers will bow down to salute them, which often makes some Powder Army soldiers at a loss.
They still don't know that after this battle, the prestige of the Gunpowder Army has been completely spread in the barracks, and now everyone is an invincible existence in Luoyang, less than 10,000 men and horses, even against the Karasuma people's 100,000 army, and even experienced several 10,000 people rushing into battle, and now only more than 800 people have been lost, and according to the statistics of the army's main book, the battle losses of the Karasuma people this time reached a terrifying more than 40,000.
With these exploits, the soldiers of the Powder Army will naturally be admired by all the soldiers.
Yuan Yun is different, for the respect enjoyed by the gunpowder army, he has never experienced it as a high-level executive, first of all, he is facing veterans in the army, these people are naturally very familiar with Yuan Yun, let them admire Yuan Yun, always feel that something is wrong, so no one cares, secondly, Yuan Yun can't get in touch with the lower-level soldiers, he spends most time every day hiding in the side courtyard of Yecheng Caofu, and then enjoying the care of the two beauties.
After Zhen Yun returned, Zhen Mi almost never left Yuan Yun's side, walking together during the day, sharing the same bed in the middle of the night, even if she took a bath, she was bold enough, in this era, she was bold enough, but Yuan Yun liked Zhen Mi like this, so she was so cool that her mouth was crooked every day.
After Cao Qinghe returned to Yecheng with Yuan Yun, he was no longer as ridiculous as in the barracks, he was teaching Yuan Qing to write every day, and what he enjoyed most was watching their father and son do gymnastics every morning without stopping, although they felt that the name was a little strange, but Langjun Yuan Yun said that this was the immortal family's physical fitness technique, so even if Yuan Yun was not there, she never let her son fall.
Yuan Yun watched the little Yuan Qing beside him finish a set of radio gymnastics, then he grinned and said, "After breakfast in a while, let's go hunting, this time Daddy will teach you how to use muskets." ”
Yuan Qing's eyes lit up and he shouted, "Really? Does Daddy's Talk Count? ”
Yuan Yun smiled again and nodded: "Naturally it's true, when did Daddy lie to you?" So you have to eat breakfast well, if it makes your little lady angry, then we don't go. ”
Yuan Qing smiled and said, "Aunt Zhen is most afraid of me crying, if she doesn't let me go, I'll cry to her." ”
Yuan Yun frowned when he heard this, and said: "Male husband, how can you easily shed tears, this is not a good thing, Qing Bao'er uses such a trick, Daddy is not happy, a man should have the appearance of a man, bleeding without tears." ”
Yuan Qing didn't seem to understand, but he still nodded very hard, because he knew very well that his father would never lie to him, so he also secretly made up his mind in his heart not to use this trick in the future.
"Daddy, don't you never cry, that's why you became a big hero?" Yuan Qing asked immaturely.
Yuan Yun was stunned and puzzled: "Who told you that Daddy is a big hero?" ”
Yuan Qing immediately replied: "It's Cao Cheng, Cao Quan, and Cao Jing, the three of them, they were playing tricks with me in the courtyard a few days ago, and that's what they told me." ”
Yuan Yun frowned again, Cao Cheng, Cao Quan, and Cao Jing were born to Cao Cao's concubine Li Ji, because Li Ji herself is not very old, so her three sons are still teenagers, but these three teenagers have always been pampered, why did they suddenly roll together with their sons?
"When did Cao Cheng, Cao Quan, and Cao Jing start playing with you?" Yuan Yun asked again.
Yuan Qing tilted his head and thought for a while, and then replied: "After my father set out from Yecheng, they came over one day, and my mother also said that although they were a few years older than me, they were all my uncles, so I asked me not to mess around too much, and to listen to them more." ”
Yuan Yun frowned again, Cao Qinghe has always been a flower in a greenhouse, so his heart has always been pure and kind, and he will not think of some sinister things, but he is different, he has experienced so many messy things, and now he Yuan Yun will think about the bad place no matter what he encounters.
Although Cao Cheng, Cao Quan, and Cao Jing were only eleven or twelve years old, their notoriety had not yet reached their ears, and Cao Cao was also laissez-faire with his three sons, because he had long been extremely disappointed.
Now the three of them suddenly came to play with their son, and if there was no push from Li Ji behind, it would really be hell.
After thinking about it, Yuan Yun asked his son Yuan Qing to wash, and he walked to the side of Cao Qinghe, who was taking care of the breakfast on the side, and glanced at the breakfast on the dinner table, and then said with a smile: "Aunt Li's three sons have recently come to our yard?" ”
Cao Qinghe was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "You do come more frequently in the days when you are away, and Qingbao'er is not so boring with the three of them by her company." ”
Yuan Yun nodded, and said, "Has Aunt Li come to ask?" ”
Cao Qinghe replied: "I came to say hello before, and sometimes I would pick up Qing Bao'er and the concubine to go where she sat down, and I have gotten along very well recently." ”
Speaking of this, Cao Qinghe paused, seemed to remember something, frowned, and said: "Let's not talk about Aunt Li's three children, our Qingbao'er has been a little bit unkind recently, yesterday the concubine saw him murdering a subordinate, it seems that the subordinate said something, which made Qingbao'er very angry." ”
Yuan Yun immediately became alert when he heard this, it was really the old saying, follow whoever you follow, what you look like, in the past, under his influence, the Yuan Mansion was relatively equal, and the thing of beating and scolding the subordinates had never happened, if you really want to make a mistake, naturally Shi Shen will deal with it according to the rules.
Glancing at Qing Bao'er, who was still washing on the side, Yuan Yun really found that the maid who was serving him to wash was a little nervous, not at all as casual as the few maids who served him.
"Later, it was strictly ordered that Cao Cheng, Cao Quan, and Cao Jing should not come to the mansion to find Qingbao'er again." Yuan Yun said lightly.
Cao Qinghe was taken aback and said, "Is there something wrong with this?" ”
Yuan Yun shook his head and said, "It's still unclear, but those three guys definitely didn't teach Qing Bao'er anything good, and if they let them contact for a longer time, I'm afraid something will really happen." ”
After speaking, Yuan Yun stood up directly, and then said: "I'll take Qing Bao'er to the gunpowder army camp in a while, you go and inform Aunt Bian, and say that I will go to see you in the evening." ”
Although Cao Qinghe is simple, he is not stupid, he smells something different from Yuan Yun's words, and this is also related to her children, so this gentle and docile woman's face immediately changed greatly, and Yuan Yun could even see the killing intent in her eyes, and she was frightened a lot.
After a period of persuasion, Cao Qinghe calmed down, and then frowned and said: "Yuan Lang went to find out, what was going on, if someone was really planning behind his back, the concubine would definitely not be reconciled with him, even if it was Aunt Li." ”
Yuan Yun nodded, and really sighed in his heart, because of the character of this Aunt Li, he still heard of it, not to mention greedy for money, being mean and unkind is even more commonplace, I heard that the most people who were killed with a cane in Cao's Mansion were Bian's, and it was this Li Ji who came down.
But Bian
It is a person who implements family law, and most of the people who are killed with the rod are rules, and this Liu Ji also kills people with the rod from time to time, so you can imagine that this person is really cold-blooded.
And this Liu Ji now took the initiative to come to the door, and let her three sons be pioneers, I am afraid that it is definitely not simple, if it is to make money, then it should be found that he Yuan Yun is the master, just like Bian did, looking for a child of a few years old, this is very weird.
Seeing that Cao Qinghe had already taken Yuan Qing to start breakfast, Yuan Yun summoned Shi Shen, and then instructed the other party to invite Cao Zhuang and Cao Chong to go to the gunpowder army camp to practice muskets, if you want to say who is most familiar with the inner courtyard of Cao Mansion, it must belong to Cao Zhuang, and the rest is Cao Chong, and if you want to find out the intelligence of the inner courtyard of Cao Mansion, in fact, the best thing is to find Cao Jie, but unfortunately this little girl is now in Luoyang.
After breakfast, Cao Zhuang and Cao Chong came as scheduled, and the most excited was naturally Cao Chong, urging Yuan Yun to hurry up, and for Yuan Qing, he always looked like an adult, and then forced the other party to call his uncle, but Yuan Qing shouted more than a dozen times, and he was still happy.
Yuan Yun chose to ride a horse this time, and threw his son and Cao Chong in the frame, while Cao Zhuang followed closely by his side, and the two chatted with each other.
When he arrived at the gate of the city, Yuan Yun suddenly asked, "Cao Cheng, Cao Cheng, and Cao Jing have been in and out of my courtyard a lot recently, don't they all have schoolwork?" ”
When Cao Zhuang heard the names of the three teenagers, his brows furrowed slightly, and finally replied with a smile: "The schoolwork of these three sons has been taught by a special gentleman, but whether they have gone to class or not, I don't know very well, Li Ji is in charge of taking care of it." ”
Yuan Yun sighed and asked again: "Li Ji seems to have been very close to Qinghe'er recently, Qinghe'er was in Cao's Mansion before, and I heard that even if he was sick, the other party didn't take care of it, but now it's strange." ”
Cao Zhuang smiled and said: "Yuan Hou is a big man now, less than 10,000 gunpowder troops, just dragged down 100,000 fierce Karasuma cavalry, and annihilated more than 40,000, who dares to underestimate Yuan Hou now, so it is conceivable that Li Ji wants to get close, after all, Li Ji loves money the most...... Uh......"
"Brother Cao Zhuang doesn't have to be cautious, you also know me Yuan Yun best, just say what you have to say." Yuan Yun saw that Cao Zhuang suddenly stopped talking, so he could only say a word of encouragement.
Cao Zhuang also drank tea with Yuan Yun more when he was in Luoyang, and he didn't drink less wine in Yuan's mansion, so he was really familiar with Yuan Yun in his heart, and knew that the other party would never use any small calculations, so he could only shake his head after thinking about it, and said: "Li Ji is a more philistine, and now Yuan Hou's reputation is in full swing, she must be here to tie the knot, although her three sons are not valued by the lord, but she herself doesn't think so, and now she often comforts the lord to give her son the title of marquis, but has been rejected by the lord, and now I am afraid that she plans to get closer to Yuan Hou, Let's open up the joints from here. ”
Yuan Yun was relieved when he heard Cao Zhuang say this, if Li Ji really planned to do so, it would be much simpler.
Just when Yuan Yun felt a little more stable, he saw Cao Chong poke out of the frame on the side, and then said, "If Aunt Li really plans to tie up with her brother-in-law, she won't let her three stupid sons come to harm Qing Bao'er." ”