Under the same night sky, some people are happy and some are worried.

Just when Yanzhou Chen Gong was worriedly pacing into the military tent, Yecheng, hundreds of miles away, was full of excitement and couldn't help but be happy.

"Hahaha!"

Laughter fills the study, echoing long, endlessly.

This is the study room behind the main hall of the Yecheng Cheqi General's Mansion, usually only Yuan Shao enters and exits, and others are not allowed to set foot without permission. Otherwise, it will inevitably incur Yuan Shao's thunderous wrath, and he will be severely punished, even if it is Yuan Shao's three sons.

"Squeak———

A gentle push on the door came into the ears of Yuan Shao, who was laughing, and suddenly his brows moved slightly, and the laughter came suddenly, and he quickly smiled.

After raising his eyes and seeing someone coming, Yuan Shao bowed his head slightly, and said softly: "Xianyi is here, sit down and talk." ”

The person named "Xianyi" is none other than Yuan Xi and Yuan Xianyi, who escaped death in Wuji City before.

After getting Yuan Shao's approval, Yuan Xi closed the door casually, walked forward quickly to salute, and then sat obediently on the left side of the desk.

"Why did Xianyi come here late at night?" Yuan Shao asked in an indifferent tone.

Yuan Xi, who was sitting in a precarious position, lowered his head and did not dare to look up at his father Yuan Shao's cold expression, and after hearing the indifferent question, he was stunned. Suddenly, an indescribable bitter taste filled his heart, which made his heart ache like a wrench, and his heart was extremely miserable.

The father-son relationship between the blood is so cold, so helpless!

It is true that Yuan Shao has three sons under his knees, but he prefers the youngest son Yuan Shang, and there is no obvious tendency between the eldest son Yuan Tan and the second son Yuan Xi, and they treat them equally. However, since the migration of the Wuji Zhen family, Yuan Xi's escape from death is certainly worth celebrating, but it is more than lucky. Yuan Shao was angry about the affairs of the Zhen family and was angry with Yuan Xi.

Therefore, after Yuan Xi fled back from the wilderness, Yuan Shao became more and more reluctant to see him. On weekdays, the father and son rarely see each other, and even when they meet, Yuan Shao's attitude is extremely cold, his words are ugly, his face is ugly, and he seems unwilling to say a word to Yuan Xi.

Since then, Yuan Xi's situation in the Che Cavalry General's Mansion has become more and more difficult, and it is not as good as before. Even the housekeeper Yuan Fa was ignoring him every time he saw him, as if he would be unlucky if he said a word to him. is still like this at home, and the military generals in Jizhou naturally don't need to say much, as if ignoring the existence of Yuan Ergongzi; When you meet him, you either turn a blind eye. Either turn his head and look away and leave quickly, as if Yuan Xi was a plague god. No one wants to talk to him.

That's it. After Yuan Xi fled back from Wuji City, he was in a very difficult situation and his position was extremely embarrassing. No one was willing to get close to him, even if he really couldn't hide, he just said "Second Son" with a smile, and then slipped away. For the last three months. Yuan Xi was already an isolated person in the Che Cavalry General's Mansion, who was blinded by people during the day, had nightmares at night, and didn't know how to eat. Suffering, life is worse than death. It can be said that he tasted all the bitterness, had enough of the white eyes, and tasted the heat and coldness of the world.

There is a saying: shame and courage.

Regardless of whether Yuan Xi is willing to work hard or not, the reality of the situation forces him to have no way out, even if he is pretending, he must show a diligent and hard-working attitude. Otherwise, in the long run, even the house slaves and maidservants would dare to ride on the head of his second son Yuan and do whatever he wanted, and there would be no place for him in the general's mansion.

As a result, in the past three months, Yuan Xi has been very diligent and hardworking, practicing martial arts during the day, studying hard at night, hiding in his own independent courtyard and not coming out. And this abnormal move, someone will report it to Yuan Shao, but it has little effect, Yuan Xi still can't see his father's good face, and he is still the declining "Second Prince Yuan" who no one cares about.

Now, his father Yuan Shao is over fifty years old, and his three sons have grown up one after another. Three years ago, when Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou and became the princes of the road, the three Yuan sons accumulated contacts and strength in private. Originally, Yuan Xi also had a group of people, although he was not his father's favorite son, he did not suffer from being snubbed, and his life was comfortable.

However, the trip to Zhongshan knocked him back to his original form all of a sudden, and the qiē he once had instantly came to naught, his status took a sharp turn for the worse, and a group of people who were originally close to him abandoned him one after another. At this moment of crisis, if he can't regain his father's appreciation and attention, then his second son Yuan will gradually disappear from everyone's sight, and he will completely lose his qualification to compete for the throne of the prince and become a dispensable outsider.

Therefore, there is not much time left for Yuan Xi to recover the declining situation. If he misses this time, his weight in Yuan Shao's mind will become lower and lower in the future, and he will even be gradually forgotten by his father, and he will never come out again.

Therefore, this time Yuan Xi hesitated again and again, and finally stubbornly took advantage of the dead of night to beg the old housekeeper Yuan Fa to say a word, hoping to meet his father Yuan Shao alone. The housekeeper Yuan Fa couldn't bear his stalking, soft grinding and hard bubbles, and finally interceded for him in the past, so that there was a scene of the father and son meeting tonight.

This is the second time in three months that father and son have met alone. Except for telling his father about the matter on the night he fled from Wuji City, Yuan Xi didn't have the opportunity to talk to his father alone after that, and even seeing his father was an unrealistic luxury.

This kind of life is worse than death, Yuan Xi is really enough, and he really can't stand it anymore.

"I heard that my father was reorganizing his troops and horses to go to the Central Plains, so the child wanted to take the initiative to ask Ying to follow his father on the expedition. The affairs of the Zhen family are all incompetent, and they missed the great opportunity to rob and kill Li Li's thieves in vain, and they suffered from it without noticing. Now that his father is about to lead a large army to attack the Li thief, the child, as a son of man, will die on the battlefield even if he gives up his life, and vows to take revenge. I implore my father to give my child a chance to take revenge on the shame, and instead of letting me live like this, it is better to fulfill the will to take revenge. If you can share your father's worries and die on the battlefield, your child will die without regrets! ”

This is what Yuan Xi has been brewing for a long time. This is the reason why he wants to meet his father alone.

As the son of Yuan Shao, Yuan Xi knows his father's style and temperament well, far more than Yuan Shao knows about him. He knew that his father Yuan Shao had always been cold on the outside and hot on the inside for his children, and he seemed to have a strict father's face on the outside, but in fact, he was relatively tolerant and merciful in his heart, after all, tiger poison does not eat children. Just like the incident of the Zhen family this time, Yuan Shao was extremely disappointed in him, and afterwards he was furious and reprimanded sharply, but the result was limited to making him think about it behind closed doors and no longer participate in military and political affairs, and did not punish him heavily.

Yuan Xi had never thought about these before, nor did he deliberately figure out his father's thoughts and temper, and the reason why he didn't think about it was not that he couldn't think of it, but that it was unnecessary. But this time he suffered such a catastrophe and fell to this point, but it made him learn from the pain, reflect seriously, and repeatedly figure out his father's temperament, so as to prepare a very targeted speech.

At the same time, after Yuan Xi finished speaking, he was very worried in his heart, not knowing whether he was right, and he didn't know whether this statement was useful. Because after Yuan Shao heard these words, his expression did not change at all, and he seemed to be unmoved, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep noncommittally, and was silent. This made Yuan Xi's originally determined calculation shaken instantly, and his heart wandered, and his heart was on the top of his voice, he couldn't go up or down, he held his breath and silenced, and the corner of his eye always paid attention to the change in the expression on his father's face.

At this moment, the seemingly ordinary father's night talk is not worth mentioning at all for countless fathers and sons in the world, how can there be fathers and sons who don't talk and talk together. However, for Yuan Xi, this father-son meeting is directly related to his future survival situation, and even the future and destiny of his life. If Yuan Shao can give him a chance to return to the army, even if he doesn't have much merit on the battlefield, as long as he doesn't make mistakes again, he can redeem the mistakes of the Zhen family and regain the one he had before. If Yuan Shao didn't allow him to go out with the army, then his life Yuan Xi would be over, and if he was not liked by his father, what future would he have, he could only sit and wait for death and live a mediocre life.

"Xianyi, the injuries are all healed, right?" After sleeping for a long time, Yuan Shao suddenly spoke softly.

Yuan Xi was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately replied respectfully: "Thank you for my father's care, the child has already recovered, and he has been practicing martial arts every day in recent days, and his body is much stronger than before." ”

"Well, that's very good." Yuan Shao bowed slightly, a faint smile appeared on his face, and said in a harmonious voice: "It's not a shame to be defeated at the hands of Li Thief, I was angry for a while before becoming a father, and I blamed you for making you wronged." ”

"Father, child, 、、、、、、" Yuan Shao's words moved Yuan Xi to a mess, and the bitterness and suffering of the previous three months came to his heart one by one, and all of them were vented at this time. Suddenly, Yuan Xi burst into tears, choked up and couldn't speak.

Yuan Shao waved his hand lightly, signaling that Yuan Xi didn't need to say much, and then sighed lightly with feeling: "Li Thief is indeed extremely strong, and it is reasonable for him to be defeated. Just before, Cao Mengde secretly sent Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan brothers to lead more than 300 family dead soldiers to rob and kill Li Thief, the plan was very thorough, and it happened that Li Thief only had three entourages around him. As a result, more than 300 dead soldiers were all beheaded by the Li thief, and Xiahou died under the knife of the Li thief; Xiahou Yuan was hit hard, and finally died of serious injuries half a month ago.

The Xiahou brothers are the most valued right-hand men under Cao Cao, brave and good at fighting, and fierce and abnormal. In his early years, his father had witnessed the strong strength of the Xiahou brothers, which was not inferior to my Jizhou Zhang He and Gao Lan's two generals, and even surpassed. It's a pity that such a strong two generals died tragically at the hands of Li Thief, which shows that Li Thief is extremely brave and difficult to match. Therefore, it is not a shame for my son to lose at his hands! ”

Yuan Xi nodded subconsciously, his expression was very excited, and he immediately got up and knelt down and said: "This time my father is on the expedition, and the child is willing to be a pawn on the horse, and he is sent by his father!." ”

Yuan Shao smiled, and his right hand casually flipped over a stack of brocade silk secret letters on the table, his smile became more and more intense, and he seemed full of ambition and victory. Forcibly holding back the joy in his heart, he said with a smile: "My son has this ambition, and he is happy to see it come true for his father." Now that the plan to send troops has been prepared, just wait for the time to come, immediately wave the troops to the west, and ally with all the princes to eliminate the Li thief in one fell swoop! ”

After finishing speaking, Yuan Shao couldn't help laughing out loud, and Yuan Xi was also infected by his father's smile, so he laughed out loud———! ”

———————————— (To be continued)(To be continued......