"If my mother has something to do, even if she is told, she must do her best to buy it!"

Seeing his stepmother Zheng saluting herself, her snow neck was half dewed, and the fragrance was faint, Yuan Mai's heart moved slightly, and he hurriedly reached out to support Zheng Yu.

Zheng Yu took a deep breath and said: "Your father's condition seems to have no hope of recovery, these days this mother-in-law of the Liu family has shown a high-flying posture, if your father dies, I don't know how she treats our sisters......"

Yuan Mai's eyes turned, his thoughts soared, and he didn't know how to answer Zheng's question.

If it is according to the natural development of history, after Yuan Shao's death, his concubines ended up extremely miserable, not to mention that they were all killed by the Liu family, and after their deaths, they were all shaved with ink, that is, the hair of the dead corpse was shaved, and then the face was smeared with ash to destroy the image, so that they would not be entangled by the silver soul after death.

"With me and Yuan Tan in commanding the troops outside, forgive their mother and son for not daring to mess around!" Yuan Mai casually comforted.

Zheng shook his head: "You are far away in Qingzhou and Erzhou, and it is useless; This shrew is cruel and bold, and if your father were to die, he would have dared to act recklessly, and if your father died, he did not know what kind of vicious means he would use to deal with our sisters......"

"If my mother is worried, why don't you follow me to Bingzhou for refuge?"

Zheng Shi smiled sadly: "Although my husband is seriously ill and unconscious, his breath is still there, how can I abandon him and provoke the people of the world to scold?" ”

Yuan Mai thought about it, what Zheng Yu said was that Yuan Shao had not yet breathed, and the Zheng family, as a concubine, did not serve beside the bed, but followed his stepson to Bingzhou to enjoy Qingfu, and I don't know what kind of gossip will there be when this matter spreads?

"My mother married into the Yuan family when she was seventeen years old. The glory and wealth, the brocade and silk should be enjoyed, and there is no regret at this moment. The only thing I'm worried about is Ah Ying, and I hope that Mai'er will take her out of Yecheng for the sake of brother and sister affection, so that she can take care of her, and her mother's heart will be put down, and then she will stay in Yecheng wholeheartedly to take care of your father, and she will die without fear! ”

Zheng Yu said with tears in his eyes, and he was about to bow to Yuan Mai again.

Yuan Mai hurriedly helped him again, and said angrily: "Auntie, don't worry, Ah Ying and I were born to the same father. Branches of the same root. I should do my best to take care of her and not let her suffer at all! ”

"Mother, I don't want to go, Sakura wants to stay with you!"

Nine-year-old Sakura already understands things. I listened to the conversation between my mother and my brother. Blinking with a pair of big clear eyes. Chu Chu begged pitifully.

Zheng Yu got up and wiped away the tears, stroked his daughter's little head and said, "Ah Ying is obedient and follows my brother to Hanoi." In the future, if the mother is gone. Everything must be done by my brother! ”

The little girl is also sensible, seeing what her mother said about the grievances and desolation, she didn't cry anymore, nodded ignorantly and said: "Okay, Ah Ying promised her mother and followed her brother to Hanoi, but my mother remembered to come and see me!" ”

"Hmm...... Mother promises you! Looking at his daughter's innocent eyes, Zheng burst into tears again and nodded incessantly.

Yuan Mai sighed and patted Zhu Ling on the shoulder: "You took Ah Ying out of the back door, and then turned to the front door, where nearly two hundred knights in full armor were waiting; This is my guard, if you show the sword I gave you, they will know that you are one of their own, and you will wait for me in the line with Sakura. In a moment, I'll go out with Lord Frustration! ”

Zhu Ling is a teenager in the end, he doesn't quite understand the joys and sorrows of the world, he doesn't know how to be sad and sad, he heard that he was about to go out, his excitement was overflowing, and he agreed happily: "I took my bags and left immediately!" ”

"Childe is the lord of a state, will he still lack your things?" Yuan Mai glared at Zhu Ling and reprimanded him repeatedly, "In order to avoid extraneous branches, don't bring any luggage, go out immediately!" ”

"No!"

Zhu Ling saw that Gongzi's expression was grim, and he didn't dare to delay, holding a sword in one hand and Yuan Ying in the other, and walked towards the back door.

"Take care, Ah Ying, Ah Ying is gone!"

The little girl was a little stumbling by Zhu Ling's footsteps, so she turned her head and shouted at Zheng's when she left, and gradually disappeared into the corridor in the tearful eyes of the beautiful woman, completely gone.

Looking at the reluctant Zheng family, Yuan Mai comforted softly: "Auntie, don't worry, I will take good care of Ah Ying." I have already told General Wen Chou to let him take care of his mother's safety, and if the Liu family is really mad and harms his mother, you should beg General Wen for shelter and ask him to send someone to take you out of the city and take refuge in Hanoi. Buy as a mother's gift! ”

After listening to what Yuan Mai said, Zheng's heart was a little calmer, and he thanked him again: "Thank you for your trouble, since this is the case, I will rely on General Wen more!" ”

"It's been delayed for a while, if you stay for a long time, I'm afraid it will arouse the vigilance of Yuan Shang, trial and others, buy and say goodbye first, take care of your mother, there will be a period later!"

Yuan Mai bowed to Zheng, then turned around and strode away.

When they returned to the front yard, Fu Zhu, Wang Shuang, Zhu Ao, Zhou Cang and others were already waiting anxiously, not knowing what Gongzi was doing alone in the backyard, why didn't he come for a long time?

Yuan Shang didn't worry too much, now the entire mansion is his own person, and he Yuan buys a single sword, and he is not afraid of what tricks he will play.

"Huh...... You have been waiting for a long time, returning to your old home for more than ten years, you can't help but remember the bittersweet thoughts, but you came back a little late! Yuan Mai walked into the living room and apologized with a fist.

Seeing Yuan Mai's safe and sound return, Fu Zhu and the others were relieved, if they didn't return for a while, Wang Shuang, Zhu Ao, Zhou Cang and the others were all anxious people, and they would have to break into the backyard to search.

After drinking another cup of tea, Yuan Mai got up and said goodbye to Yuan Shang: "My father's condition is like this for the time being, and it can't get better for a while, and it doesn't necessarily worsen; The state affairs are busy, the younger brother decided to return to Jinyang, and the father bothered the third brother to take care of it! ”

Staying in Jizhou will not lead to anything, and at present, he will not be able to grasp Yuan Shang's handle and use force; The division is unknown, whoever raises the army first will inevitably be morally untenable, or take advantage of the restlessness in Jizhou and the time when Cao Cao's new defeat has not recovered, return to Bingzhou to do the two most important things!

First, send troops to sweep Taihang, and completely expel the black mountain thieves who are dead but not stiff from Taihang, so as to eliminate future troubles. Otherwise, when he and Cao Cao clash head-on in the future, Zhang Yan will make a comeback in the back and stab him, which will inevitably make him uncomfortable.

Second, the Southern Xiongnu entrenched in the West River were driven away from the territory of Bingzhou. If you use a Chinese character to describe the current Bingzhou, it is a "concave" character, and Xihe County is the mouth that is concave; At this moment, taking advantage of the fact that Cao Cao's vitality was damaged and he had no time to look north, he concentrated the elite to drive away the Southern Xiongnu in one fell swoop.

"What the fourth brother said is very true, a state land, busy with official business, you should go back quickly, my father will be taken care of by me!"

Yuan bought and wanted to leave, but Yuan Shang naturally couldn't ask for it.

has already informed him of his succession to his father in person, and since Yuan Mai has no objection, he acquiesces. The rest can deal with Yuan Tan alone, what he is most afraid of is that the Qingzhou soldiers and the Bingzhou soldiers will unite to attack him, and Yuan Mai will leave, and the threat will be reduced by half.

Bidding farewell to Yuan Shang, Yuan Mai took Fu Zhi and others with him, and went out to meet his entourage. I saw that Zhu Ling had already taken Yuan Ying and hid among the guards, and he didn't answer, turned on his horse, and led the team out of the city.

Seeing that Yuan Mai and the others returned safely, Zhang He was relieved: "If the prince doesn't return when it's dark, some people want to attack the city!" ”

"Haha...... Fortunately, it is you Zhang He who is left, even the old and steady general Junyi is almost unable to sit still, if you keep the grumpy Wang Ziquan, I am afraid that I have already ordered the siege of the city, right? Yuan Mai patted Zhang He's shoulder and laughed loudly, "If that's the case, I'm afraid that the situation will deteriorate, maybe Yuan Shang is really going to attack me!" ”

The night was as cold as water, and it was even colder when sleeping in a tent, and even though it was mid-March, I still shivered when it was thinly covered.

Yuan Ying is young, and she has always slept with her mother in a quilt, and in desperation, Yuan Mai had to sleep with this nine-year-old Lori sister in a quilt, so she was coaxed into sleep.

The next morning, when the morning dawn first appeared, Yuan Mai wrote a letter to Yuan Tan, telling him that he was busy with official business and that he was going to return temporarily, but in his heart, the only person who supported him was the eldest brother, so he must suppress Yuan Shang's arrogance.

After the letter was sent, he ordered the camp to go west, but the target was not Hanoi, but Jinyang, the political center of the state.

Jinyang is located between Xihe and Taihang, and he must sit in the hinterland, mobilize people, and eliminate the two potential threats of Zhang Yan and the Southern Xiongnu; In order to clear the hidden dangers in the head-to-head confrontation with Cao Jun in the future, we can be invincible.

When the team was marching towards Jinyang, Yuan Mai waved his pen and made another adjustment to the personnel arrangements in Hanoi.

He ordered Fu Zhu to go to Hanoi with his own letters, and jointly defend Hanoi with Zhao Yun stationed in Heyang, leaving Tian Chou and Liang Xi to assist, and stationed 15,000 soldiers, plus Xu Shengshui, who was cruising on the Yellow River, could completely ensure the safety of Hanoi.

Hedong County in the west of Hanoi has nearly 10,000 horses of Gao Shun stationed on the front line, and Cao Jun on the south bank of the Yellow River is looking across the river.

After the frustration arrived, he showed Yuan Mai's edict and ordered Zhang Liao and Guo Huai to lead 4,000 cavalry and 15,000 foot soldiers to march north towards Jinyang, and after arriving, discuss the strategy of defeating the enemy.

Zhang Liao received the order, ordered with Guo Huai, handed over the defense of Hanoi to Zhao Yun, and waved the flag north. Zhuge Jin, You Heng, Ma Jun and other talents went north with the army and went to the administrative center of Bingzhou to show their usefulness.

In addition to these civil and military staff, Yuan Mai's harem team also went north with the army, and the Du family, Helan family, Lu family, and Zhao family all sat in the carriage and headed north, leaving only the nameless Cai Yan and Feng Yunniang in a daze in the huge backyard, I don't know when the beloved will return? (To be continued......)