Yuan Xi saw the door open and it was Mrs. Du who came out. Although he was prepared, he was still surprised by her.
Mrs. Du has a very distinctive appearance, with a high nose, deep eyes, a gentle look, and a well-proportioned figure. She is about twenty years old, with both youthfulness and the charm of a married woman. Moreover, after not seeing her for two years, she has become more and more charming.
Yuan Xi thought to himself that it was no wonder that Cao Cao liked married women. In this era, girls in their teens were all married women. Who wouldn't like a twenty-year-old girl who was both young and mature?
Mrs. Du also recognized Yuan Xi in an instant. She thought to herself that it was Yinhu who saved her secretly!
No wonder the other party was able to track my whereabouts when I was escaping. Apart from someone who knows the art of stargazing, who else could predict the future?
And looking at the other person's appearance, could it be that he shaved his beard to change his appearance in order to see me?
The sacrifice is too great!
At this moment, Mrs. Du was actually very moved!
She quickly bowed to Yuan Xi and said, "Sir, you risked your life to save me. I am so grateful!"
Yuan Xi was confused. What was going on?
What risk did I take?
He tried a few times and found out that Mrs. Du actually regarded him as her savior?
Madam Du's eyes turned red. "I'm afraid it was you who asked someone to bring me out of Marquis Wen's mansion, right?"
"I know that you are in Youzhou and must be under the control of the fierce tiger. But now you are willing to take risks, which makes me feel uneasy."
Yuan Xi was stunned. Please stop imagining things like that, okay?
He touched his nose awkwardly and said, "Things are not what Madam thinks."
Mrs. Du saw Yuan Xi's tangled face, and after a little thought, she understood. Her face turned slightly red, and she whispered, "I also understand your intentions, sir."
"Sir, you saved me, and I have no way to repay you. If you don't abandon me, I am willing to follow you."
ha?
Yuan Xi's face was dull. Are you trying to attack yourself?
Did you misunderstand something?
Mrs. Du saw Yuan Xi's embarrassed expression and thought that he was afraid of the fierce tiger's power. She felt ashamed and bowed her head and said, "I know that you and your wife are deeply in love. I did have selfish motives in what I said just now. It's just that I can't protect myself alone, so I seek your protection."
"I was too selfish and didn't think about the consequences of involving you, sir. I will leave now."
When Yuan Xi saw that Mrs. Du had imagined such a big drama, he thought to himself, is Mrs. Du such a silly person?
He said, "The daughter of Marquis Wen is in the city. Madam is familiar with her. Why don't you meet her and instead come to me for shelter?"
"As the wife of the fierce tiger, she must be more capable of protecting the lady than me, right?"
Madam Du sighed, "I don't want to cause any trouble to the noble lady of Marquis Wen."
"Besides, I heard that the fierce tiger is lustful and will take any woman he sees. If he takes me into his room, how can I face the daughter of Marquis Wen?"
Yuan Xi vomited blood. Is my reputation so bad?
However, seeing that Mrs. Du was so resistant to his original identity, he thought that if he admitted his identity now, the other party would probably be even more confused, right?
Let's wait a few days and then find someone to send it away?
He thought for a moment and sighed, "There is something I did to let my wife down."
"It was my idea to send General Qin to Yuan Shu as an envoy."
"What?" Madam Du was shocked and her face turned pale. "Sir, do you know that if she follows Yuan Shu, she will divorce me?"
Yuan Xi nodded, "I guess so."
Madam Du took a few steps back, feeling confused, "Why did you treat me like this, sir?"
"I didn't do anything?"
"Could it be that sir?"
Yuan Xi also felt a little guilty and sighed, "I will find someone to escort Madam out of the city some other day. I will do my best to help Madam wherever she wants to go."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Mrs. Du didn't expect Yuan Xi to leave like this. Instead, she was a little dazed. What was going on?
Yuan Xi was walking on the road, thinking about Madam Du. He thought that Qin Yiluo could not protect Madam Du, so he simply let the two of them separate early.
But he did not think it through at the time. Without Qin Yilu, Mrs. Du also lost her protection, and her situation became even more difficult. Yuan Xi understood that what he had done was not fair. He did not do anything to clean up the mess, which was equivalent to killing her without burying her. Mrs. Du's predicament was caused by him.
Seeing that both of his identities were misunderstood by the other party, Yuan Xi suddenly lost interest in explaining. Moreover, he had boasted to Lu Lingqi that he did not know the whereabouts of Mrs. Du. After all this time, it turned out that the other party was related to him from the beginning to the end!
Now all his boasting to Lu Lingqi was exposed. According to the oath he made at that time, I was afraid that someone would come to hunt me down, right?
Feeling uneasy, he sneaked back to the mansion. As soon as he entered the door, he bumped into the marquis's wife.
The marquis's wife was holding the child and walking out in a hurry with her head down. She didn't notice Yuan Xi and he bumped into her. She screamed in panic and fell backwards.
Yuan Xi was quick to act and quickly grabbed the arm of the Hou Hou's wife to stop her from falling.
When she looked up, her face immediately turned red and her shoulders shook. Yuan Xi then came to his senses and quickly let go.
Seeing that Madam Hou looked panicked, he asked, "Where are you going, Madam?"
Madam Hou whispered, "The child has a fever. I thought it might be too late to call a doctor, so I went out to find a clinic."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi asked, "Isn't Mr. Yuan Hua in the military camp in the city?"
"He's much more reliable than an ordinary doctor. I'll take you there."
Madam Hou quickly waved her hand and said, "I can go by myself. I won't delay your important business."
Seeing that the Marquis' wife insisted, Yuan Xi had no choice but to call a carriage and asked Sun Li to take her to see Hua Tuo.
He thought that although he didn't know what disease the marquis's daughter had, epidemics were frequent during this period, so he had to be careful.
In this era, infectious diseases have always been a very troublesome problem. Whether in terms of epidemic prevention awareness or related sanitary products, we are far from comparable to later generations.
Take the simplest mask as an example. Since there is no cotton planting at present, the related substitutes are too different. Whether it is linen or silk yarn, the effect of making masks is greatly reduced compared to cotton.
Thinking of this, Yuan Xi became a little anxious. Although the process from cotton planting to the spinning wheel used in cotton spinning is a long and complicated process, starting one year earlier will bring you benefits.
It has been almost a year since I asked Zhen Yao of Haixi to send a caravan to search for cotton. Even if the Zhen caravan's ships go to India for trade, they should be able to make a round trip.
Cotton seeds are not a rare commodity, and the locals should be happy to trade them, but things change so quickly that who knows what accidents might happen?
He walked into the house while thinking.
In the study room in the backyard, Cao Xian was explaining to Lu Lingqi what he had done. Cao Xian's job was to read it all over, and then select the essentials and record them on bamboo slips. Ordinary bamboo slips would be archived, and important matters would be sent to Yuan Xi.
As Lu Lingqi listened, she looked at the hundreds of bamboo slips piled up all over the room and was stunned. "Are you really his concubine, not his maid?"
"How can you order people around like this? They're worse than slaves, right?"
Cao Xian chuckled, "Madam, you are quite heroic. I often feel quite resentful in my heart."
"But Madam, you should be able to see that your husband doesn't trust anyone easily. There aren't many reliable people around him."
"So I can only take on these things reluctantly."
"Sir, you saved my family, and I can only repay you in this way."
After hearing this, Lu Lingqi asked, "I heard that Madam is the orphan of Duke Wenli?"
"The one who did this was Cao Mengde?"
After hearing this, Cao Xian said bitterly, "The thief Cao killed my whole family. Only the four of us, mother and son, survived. We are trapped in a den of wolves, living a life worse than death. I will avenge myself!"
"And even now I still bear the thief's surname, which is a great shame and humiliation!"
Lu Lingqi had also heard about this from Yuan Xi. Cao Xian was different from the Huan family. If he wanted to trace his ancestry and return to the Bian family, he needed Cao Cao's consent, which was almost impossible.
Cao Xian obviously didn't want to cause trouble for Yuan Xi, so he kept enduring it.
Lu Lingqi felt sympathy and waved her fist, saying, "Don't worry, when we get to the battlefield, I'll help you get Cao Cao's head!"
Cao Xian thought that Lu Lingqi was just trying to comfort him, and he burst out laughing, "Madam, you have this heart, I am very satisfied. Speaking of which, Marquis Wen must be relieved that he dared to let Madam follow you to the battlefield. Aren't you afraid of any accidents?"
Lu Lingqi said proudly: "Of course my father doesn't know, I have kept all these things from him!"
Cao Xian is amazing, Lu Lingqi speaks directly and is really outspoken.
She rolled her eyes and said, "The husband is very good to him, but it's quite tiring at night, right?" After saying that, she raised her two thumbs up.
Lu Lingqi was confused, "What night?"
Cao Xian lowered his voice and asked, "Didn't Madam get married?"
"My husband is sometimes not very considerate at night, isn't he?"
She showed a very gossipy expression on her face, "It is said that women who spend the night with the young master all come out leaning against the wall the next day."
Lu Lingqi was confused for a long time, but she seemed to understand and touched her head and said, "What a coincidence, I had Tiankui when I got married, and then I came all the way to Beixin City, but I didn't do anything."
"He was so excessive at night? And he abused you?"
"Look, I'm going to teach him a lesson tonight so he won't dare to do this to you again!"
Cao Xian widened his eyes and asked, "Where do you get your confidence from?"
But it seems like there will be a good show tonight.
The small bench in the corner is ready!
At this moment, footsteps were heard and Yuan Xi's voice rang out, "So you are here."
He walked in, looked at the bamboo slips that filled the room, and saw the dozen worn-out pens on the desk, and said to Cao Xian, "I'm sorry to have wronged you."
"When the autumn planting is over, we will go back to Jicheng together. I will arrange for others to take care of the things here."
Cao Xian exclaimed, "What about the Marquis' wife?"
Yuan Xi hesitated for a moment, "I want to focus on the entire Youzhou in the future. This place is not suitable for scattered people to live here. Let's all go to Jicheng to save some manpower."
Cao Xian thought that it would be a lively scene then. Madam Wu and Madam Hou were both heavyweights, so wouldn't there be a big drama going on every day?
The small bench is ready!
She rolled her eyes, with an expression that showed she was eager to see the fun, "Mrs. Lu said she has a lot to say to you tonight."