The situation was unexpectedly calm, Yuan Shang not only embarrassed Yuan Mai, but also set up a banquet to entertain him, which made Yuan Mai quite flattered, although he knew that Yuan Shang "The drunkard's intention is not to drink", but he was also willing to accompany him to perform this play.

Compared with Yuan Mai and his party, Guo Tu, who came to visit on behalf of Yuan Tan, did not have such a good treatment. It's just that Feng Ji came forward to receive him, took him to Yuan Shao's bedroom to take a look, and was sent out of the city without even serving tea, let alone staying for dinner.

Although Yuan Shang set up a banquet to entertain him, Wang Shuang, Zhou Cang, and Zhu Ao did not dare to be careless, and they all hung weapons on their waists, guarding on the left and right, and only Yuan Mai and Fu Zhi attended, and drank with Yuan Shang, Jubei, and Feng Ji.

After three rounds of drinking, Yuan Shang took out a handkerchief to wipe the oil stains on his mouth, and asked: "Fourth brother, I am temporarily acting as a general in place of my father, and it is also a helpless move, I can't let Jizhou be left ownerless, right?" I don't know what you think? ”

"On weekdays, the third brother serves by my father's side, since my father is seriously ill, it is also appropriate for you to act for the time being, and there is an edict from the imperial court, and the foolish brother has no opinion!"

Yuan Mai looked slightly drunk and agreed with Yuan Shang's words. Anyway, verbal protests are useless, it is better for me to be false and wronged, coax him to be happy for a few days, and relax Yuan Shang's vigilance.

If Yuan Tan asks like this, he must resolutely oppose it, and he must see people and talk about people, and talk nonsense when he sees ghosts; It is best to stir up a dispute between the two brothers and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

"Haha...... Those who know the times are Junjie, happy, foolish brother toasts you a cup! ”

After listening to Yuan Mai's words, Yuan Shang was in a good mood. I feel that this little brother is suddenly not so disgusting, at least more pleasing to the eye than Yuan Tan. He raised his glass to toast.

"Thank you, brother, for wine!"

Yuan Mai raised his glass with a smile on his face and drank it all, laughing now is nothing, laughing to the end is the real victory!

Yuan Shang was in a good mood, and ordered the cook to add a few dishes, and he had already thrown the idea of buying Yuan in the four places out of the clouds, "Fourth brother, foolish brother asks you again, if I have a conflict with Yuan Tan, I don't know who you will help?" ”

Yuan Mai frowned slightly. Yuan Shang's sentence seemed to be asked casually. But you have to answer carefully.

If you blurt out that you are helping Yuan Shang, it will inevitably give people a sense of grandstanding and hypocrisy; But if you say that you help Yuan Tan, you will inevitably annoy Yuan Shang. An answer must be given carefully.

"There is a lot of help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust. If the third brother can focus on the overall situation. Put the interests of Hebei in the first place, regardless of personal grievances, the younger brother is willing to take the third brother as the first step! ”

Yuan Mai's words were rather vague. Yuan Shang couldn't find fault with it, so he had to say stupidly: "Fourth brother, don't worry, the foolish brother will definitely put the interests of Hebei first!" ”

Yuan Mai inadvertently swept a burly figure passing in front of the door and walked towards the backyard, it was Wen Chou.

Hurriedly got up and said apologetically: "The little brother is a little anxious, so he will be absent for a while!" ”

Yuan Shang was also slightly drunk, and did not find Yuan Mai's attempt, so he agreed: "Fourth brother, please take care of yourself!" ”

With Yuan Shang's promise, Yuan Mai quickly walked out of the banquet living room, and walked from the back door to the inner courtyard to copy the text; Although the Yuan Mansion is wide, Yuan Mai has grown here for more than ten years, and with his subconscious memory, he went around to the front of Wen Chou with a light car, and collided with Wen Chou who was rushing with his head down.

"Who?"

Wen Chou went home and took a shower, changed his clothes, hurriedly ate a mouthful of food, and rushed back to protect Yuan Shao. Along the way, he was worried about everything, he hurried with his head down, and he bumped into someone in the corridor unexpectedly, and hurriedly looked up and asked.

This guy's body is really tough, strong and strong like a bison, although Yuan Mai deliberately bumped into it, and he was prepared, but he was still shot away, staggered a few steps, and almost fell.

"Who should I be, it turned out to be the fourth son, forgive sins, forgive sins!"

Wen Chou saw clearly that the person who bumped into him was none other than Yuan Mai, the "filial son" Yuan Mai who was crying at Yuan Shao this morning, and was very surprised, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold Yuan Mai and apologized repeatedly.

"I don't know what the fourth son is doing in a hurry, for what?"

There is a saying called "love the house and Wu", because he is loyal to the lord Yuan Shao, so Wen Chou was infected by Yuan Mai's crying in the morning, and he has a good impression of Yuan Shao's son.

Yuan Mai turned his head and glanced left and right, making sure that there was no Yuan Shang's ears and eyes to follow, so he quietly lowered his voice and said softly: "Some private words, specially speaking with General Wen!" ”

"Have a private message for me?"

Wen Chou was quite surprised, he had nothing to do with Yuan Mai, who was the assassin of the state, what did he have to say to himself?

Stretched out his hand and rubbed the hard beard on his cheeks, and said in a low voice: "What does Childe have to say, Wen Chou listens?" ”

"The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it!"

Yuan Mai quickly told the story: "Yecheng is now Yuan Shang's world, General Wen must not offend him in the future, otherwise it will cause a big disaster and make Hebei lose the general, wouldn't it be heart-wrenching!" ”

Wen Chou's eyes widened, and he looked like he was not afraid of heaven and earth: "I am loyal to the Yuan family, born and died, what can he Yuan Shang do to me?" Besides, I have thousands of dead soldiers under my command, and I am not afraid of him! ”

"It's easy to dodge open guns and hard to defend against dark arrows, General Wen needs to remember this sentence!"

Yuan Mai said earnestly: "You can't have the heart of harming people, you can't have the heart of preventing people, if Yuan Shang uses yin tricks, you can't prevent it." Besides, everyone is greedy, if Yuan Shang buys your soldiers with a lot of money and makes them plot to kill the general, there will be good and bad luck! ”

Although Wen Chou is a martial artist, he is not mentally retarded, he thought about it for a while, agreed with Yuan Mai's words, and arched his hand: "Thank you for the reminder of the fourth prince, Wen Chou knows it in his heart, and I will be more careful from now on!" ”

"In my opinion, General Wen might as well find an excuse to raise troops out of Yecheng, so that he will be safe and sound, if the general has nowhere to go, I will welcome the general at any time, and I am willing to work with the general to achieve a great cause!" Yuan Mai's eyes rolled, trying to win over Wen Chou to see if he could take him under his command.

But what is disappointing is that Wen Chou did not accept the olive branch thrown by Yuan Mai, shook his head and said: "Thank you for your love, but as long as the lord is in one day, I will not leave him, as long as Wen Chou does not die, I will guard him!" ”

Unexpectedly, Wen Chou was so loyal to Yuan Shao, which surprised Yuan Mai and was in awe at the same time.

"General Wen is really a loyal and righteous man, Yuan Mai admires it, and he is relieved to change his father!"

Wen Chou touched the beard on both cheeks and said in a low voice: "Please forgive Wen Chou for being blunt, I don't want to get involved in the fight between your brothers, I just want to serve the Lord." As long as the lord says who will be the heir, I will swear to help; But now that the lord is unconscious, I can only wait for him to wake up, and I will not participate in your competition for the time being......"

Yuan Mai sighed in his heart, it's a pity, with his current medical ability, it is impossible for Yuan Shao to wake up, no matter how long he waits, he will be disappointed in the end!

But with Yuan Shang's experience this morning, Yuan Mai didn't dare to tell the truth anymore, so as not to annoy Wen Chou and destroy the beautiful image he had just established in his heart.

originally wanted to win Wen Chou under his command and let him take his headquarters to follow him to the state to strengthen his strength; But since Wen Chou's attitude was so firm, Yuan Mai changed his original intention and tried to have a good relationship with him first.

If one day, he and Yuan Shang face each other, and the state army is under the city of Yexian, maybe he can persuade Wen Chou to respond from the city, and then easily take Yecheng. Since Wen Chou can't be taken under his command for the time being, it is not a good move to change the chess pieces hidden in the heart of the enemy.

Yuan Mai bowed his hand, and his sleeves reached the ground: "Bingzhou is busy with official business, and I am afraid that I can't stay in Ye County for a long time, so my father entrusted General Wen to take care of it!" ”

Wen Chou hurriedly returned the salute: "The son is serious, Wen Chou is a reckless man, and he has received the great favor of the lord, how dare he not swear to repay him with death?" Childe doesn't have to worry about it, I will protect the lord with my life. ”

Yuan Shao is basically no different from death now, Yuan Mai is not worried that someone will plot against him, just to win over Wen Chou.

Listening to Wen Chou's impassioned promise, Yuan Mai suddenly thought of Mrs. Zheng, if it wasn't for this stepmother who stepped forward that day and gave herself a place at the banquet, her achievements would not have been so smooth sailing; Now that Yuan Shao is unconscious, I am afraid that Liu's mother and son will be unfavorable to her, and Mrs. Zheng is a woman, how to resist?

"General Wen, there is one more thing to entrust, I hope you must agree!"

Yuan Mai once again solemnly bowed to Wen Chou and made his own request.

Wen Chou was also refreshed, and glanced left and right: "While there is no one around, it doesn't matter if the son says directly, as long as it is not a competition between your brothers, Wen Chou will definitely do his best!" ”

"Mother Zheng takes care of Yuan Mai, is kind-hearted, virtuous, and deeply favored by her father, so Mrs. Liu is very jealous. Now that my father is seriously ill and does not wake up, I can't stay in Yecheng for a long time, lest the Liu family will be unfavorable to Mrs. Zheng, and when I am not there, I still hope that General Wen will look at my father's face and protect the safety of my mother Zheng! ”

Wen Chou nodded and promised: "This matter can be done, anyway, I plan to guard the lord every day, waiting for him to wake up, just to take care of Mrs. Zheng's safety, if Mrs. Liu is arrogant and bullying, I will definitely speak up!" ”

"General Wen really understands the righteousness, Yuan Mai is here to thank the general for his mother!" Yuan Mai thanked Wen Chouzuo again.

"This is Yuan Shang's mansion, it's inconvenient to say more, don't leave it at that!"

Wen Chou hugged his wrists, took a big stride, and walked towards the ward in the inner courtyard like a meteor. Yuan Mai also looked around vigilantly, and then walked into the toilet quickly, pouring heartily, and then walked out slowly.

When he returned to the banquet hall, he saw that Yuan Shang and the others were chatting happily with Fu Zhu, and they didn't seem to notice their whereabouts, so Yuan Buyer put his mind at ease and said, "I'm really sorry, I made my brother and the two adults wait for a long time!" (To be continued......)