When Cao Shuo returned to Xudu, the sun was about to set.

Clothed in a thin remnant of the sun, he took Zhen Mi and others to the main gate of Cao's house.

"You go to see your mother, and I'll go to your father." He instructed Zhen Mi: "Tell my mother that I will go to greet her tomorrow." ”

"Husband, just go, my mother has me." Zhen Mi responded.

The couple was talking, and Cao Shuo saw several people coming towards him.

The first person was Xu Chu.

Seeing Cao Shuo, Xu Chu hugged his fists and greeted: "Childe is back?" ”

"Brother Zhongkang!" Cao Shuo returned the salute: "Did your father ask you to pick me up?" ”

"Who else can there be but Cao Gong?" Xu Chu lowered his voice and said: "But when Gongzi sees Cao Gong, he still has to be cautious, he will be in a bad mood." ”

"What's wrong?" Cao Shuo asked, "Who provoked my father?" ”

"Yuan Shang is here in Xudu." Xu Chu asked, "Does Childe know?" ”

"I heard." Cao Shuo said: "It's just that I haven't knocked on my father yet, and I don't have time to see him." ”

"At noon, Cao Gong set up a banquet to catch him up." Xu Chu said: "After he left, Cao Gong told me that he would send the eldest lady of the son's back house back to Hebei. ”

Cao Shuo came to Xudu, and one of the reasons was for Yuan Fang.

When Xu Chu said this, he hurriedly asked, "Did my father say why?" ”

"What Cao Gong wants to do, who dares to ask why?" Xu Chu said: "Anyway, when Gongzi saw Cao Gong, I shouldn't need to remind him how to speak." ”

"Thank you, Brother Zhongkang!" Cao Shuo arched his hand to Xu Chu again.

He then said to Zhen Mi: "You go to see your mother first, and I will ask someone to find you when I leave." ”

Zhen Mi bowed and watched Cao Shuo and Xu Chu leave.

When Cao Shuo came back, Cao Cao was waiting for him in the study.

Xu Chu came to the door and reported to Cao Cao: "Qi Cao Gong, the eldest son is back." ”

"Let him in." Cao Cao commanded.

Cao Shuo entered the room, bowed to Cao Cao and said, "Father, I'm back!" ”

"I thought you should come back too." Cao Cao asked, "I heard that you have made a lot of noise in Huainan and other places recently. ”

"There's no movement." Cao Shuo said: "It's just that those places have experienced wars all year round and are somewhat withered, and I have taken some measures there to clean up local security, promote the circulation of local goods and goods, and give the people a home to live and work in peace and contentment." ”

"I'm afraid your home won't be stable for long." Cao Cao said.

"How could my father say such a thing?" Cao Shuo asked pretending to be puzzled.

"How's your house going?" Cao Cao asked again.

"The back house is good." Cao Shuo said: "After Yuan Fang married me, he thought that he couldn't control the back house, so he asked me to help Zhen Ji be his wife, and all things were taken care of by Zhen Ji." ”

"Isn't your back house being taken care of by Yuan Fang now?" Cao Cao was stunned.

"It's not been her taking care of it for a long time." Cao Shuo said: "He is used to being in Yuan's house, not to mention being in charge of the back house, even she can't restrain herself." Fortunately, she still has some belly and can accommodate people. Now that Zhen Ji is in charge of the back house, it saves me a lot of worry. ”

"I really didn't expect that." Cao Shuo's statement was obviously beyond Cao Cao's expectations, and he twisted the beard on his chin and said, "Yuan Shang came this time to see Yuan Fang. ”

"The Yuan family has already transferred the army to Baima." Cao Shuo said: "What Yuan Fang did he see at this time? ”

"What are you going to do?" Cao Cao asked.

"We can't let them see each other." Cao Shuo said: "Yuan Fang is my wife, and now the two families are tense, although they have not broken the deadlock, they both know very well what will happen. ”

"If only you understood." Cao Cao said: "What I mean is to send Yuan Fang back to Hebei. ”

"Send back to Hebei?" Cao Shuo smiled slightly and asked Cao Cao, "Is it possible that my father is afraid of the Yuan family." ”

"Bastard thing!" Cao Cao glared at him: "What do you mean I'm afraid of the Yuan family?" Don't you understand, what Yuan Shang is going to do when he comes to Xudu this time? ”

"He came to Xudu, of course, to take Yuan Fang back." Cao Shuo said: "Once Yuan Fang returns to Hebei, Yuan Shao will be able to march south of the Yellow River without any scruples. If the Cao family sent her away, they were afraid that they would be laughed at by the world. ”

"The two families are about to go to war, and if they are still sons and daughters, they will be laughed at by the world." Cao Cao said: "You don't have to argue about this matter, just send her back." ”

"Father, please forgive the child for not being able to." Cao Shuo clenched his fists and bowed down.

"Do you want to be disobedient?" Cao Cao frowned and asked Cao Shuo.

"It's true that Yuan Fang is the daughter of the Yuan family, but the child in her belly is our Cao family." Cao Shuo said: "Don't dare to deceive my father, Yuan Fang is already two months pregnant. ”

Cao Cao was stunned: "Why didn't you tell me in advance?" ”

"Shouchun is not close to Xu, and this kind of trivial matter ......" Cao Shuo pretended to defend.

"What do you mean by a trifle?" Cao Cao said angrily: "Yuan Fang is pregnant with my grandson, you dare not tell me, what is it if it is not disobedience?" ”

Cao Shuo lowered his head and replied: "The child doesn't dare to be disobedient, just thinking about waiting for her to give birth to the child and then come to know." Not long after she became pregnant, she came to tell her father that if my father was in a hurry to see his grandson, even if I opened Yuan Fang's belly and fished it out, the child would be just the size of a bean. ”

"It's really time to get pregnant." Cao Cao said: "I'll talk about sending Yuan Fang back later, let her raise the fetus with peace of mind first, don't be tired." ”

"Thank you, father." Cao Shuo hurriedly thanked him.

Cao Cao asked again: "In addition to Yuan Fang, what else is pregnant in your back house?" ”

"At present, Yuan Fang is the only one." Cao Shuo said: "I can understand my father's mood of wanting to be a grandfather, and when I return to Shouchun, I will definitely do my best to give birth to more grandchildren for my father." ”

"It seems that you have to press back on the matter of giving birth to a grandchild for me." Cao Cao said: "Yan Liang led the troops into Baima, and I have ordered the troops to be stationed in Yanjin to wait and see. In addition, he ordered Zang Ba to march to Qingzhou. ”

"Zang Ba started fighting in Qingzhou?" Cao Shuo asked.

"Nominally, he is not a member of our Cao family." Cao Cao said: "Even if he starts fighting in Qingzhou, it has nothing to do with us. ”

"Father means it's time for me to send troops." Cao Shuo asked.

"It's time for you to send troops." Cao Cao said: "I heard that you sent all the soldiers to the countryside to cultivate the fields, and if you continue to make trouble, Huainan will have to fall into the hands of others sooner or later." ”

"Isn't there a Tuntian army under my father's command?" Cao Shuo grinned and said: "I have been preparing to build a standing army recently, but the local population is too small, and I don't have much money and food, so it will take three or five months to build it." ”

"Don't cry poor with me here, what you did in Huainan and other places, do you think I don't know?" Cao Cao said, "Now you have more money than me. ”

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