"I've met my uncle, and I've met brother Xianyi."

Zhen Mi had already lowered her head and came to the front of several people. She bowed slightly and saluted Yuan Shao and Yuan Xi.

Xianyi is exactly Yuan Xi's calligraphy list. Now his identity is more certain. Wu Liang's previous guess was not wrong.

"Hahaha, my niece has been beautiful since she was a child. Now that I haven't seen her for a few years, she is even more graceful and graceful. I don't even dare to recognize her when I see her."

Yuan Shao burst into laughter and was filled with admiration.

"My uncle is so complimentary, Mi'er can't afford it."

Zhen Mi said a little shyly, but there was always a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, and she didn't seem to have any stage fright.

As for Yuan Xi, who had an eager look on her face, she never responded, let alone looked at him.

But there is nothing to say about this. The etiquette of this era is such that an unmarried woman and a man must always keep a certain distance, especially in such a very important occasion, otherwise it will appear a bit frivolous, so this

In the eyes of Yuan Shao and others, it didn't mean anything. On the contrary, it seemed that Zhen Mi was sensible and polite.

"You can afford it! How can you not afford it?"

Yuan Shao became more and more appreciative when he saw this, and then looked at Zhen Yan, the head of the Zhen family, and said, "On the way here with Xian Yi, I heard someone say that there was a virtuous woman from the Zhongshan Kingdom who loved the people like a son. After asking about it, I found out that this

The virtuous woman turned out to be Mi'er, which really surprised me. I thought back to when I was as young as Mi'er, how could I have such a big heart? At that time, I only thought about hunting birds for fun."

"My uncle was joking. Who in the world doesn't know that my uncle had great ambitions when he was young and often performed chivalrous acts. He is a well-known chivalrous man. As early as in Luoyang, he was supported and respected by many celebrities. His current achievements are also

In the face of public praise, how can Mi'er's small acts of kindness be compared to those of my uncle, who is really too humble."

Zhen Yan hurriedly raised his hands and said, every word and every word was very high-level, worthy of his status as the head of the Zhen family.

After hearing what he said, Yuan Shao was all smiles. He immediately waved his hand to Zhen Mi and greeted Zhen Mi warmly: "Hahaha, sit down. Mi'er, you should take a seat first. Today is a family banquet. Don't be too formal.

Our two families haven't seen each other for many years, so we took this opportunity to chat about our daily life."

"promise."

Zhen Mi responded, then moved lightly to the foot of Zhen Yan, and sat down next to her mother Zhang and another brother who was a few years older.

This brother is Zhen Mi's third brother, named Zhen Yao.

Now Zhen Yao has also promoted Xiaolian, but he has not yet been granted an official position, so he still stays in the Zhen family.

As for Zhen Mi's four sisters, they did not attend the so-called "family banquet". This should be Zhen Yan's arrangement. After all, except for the head of the family's wife or mother, other female relatives generally do not need to come out these days.

Guests, even Zhen Mi, were only called over after Yuan Shao and Yuan Xi entered the house.

Wait until everyone is seated.

Zhen Yan ordered his servants to start serving wine and food, and even invited a band and several dancers to perform in the living room. Firstly, it was to show the Zhen family's heritage, and secondly, it was to express his respect for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shao.

Xi attaches great importance to this visit.

During the banquet.

As expected, Yuan Shao chatted about family affairs with Zhen Yan and Zhen Yan's mother Zhang, and became very close to Zhang as a sister-in-law.

During this period, Wu Liang stood in the corner and listened quietly.

It turns out that Yuan Shao and the Zhen family had been in contact for a long time, and this relationship started with Zhen Mi's late father, Zhen Yi, the previous head of the Zhen family.

Wu Liang was originally a little confused about this statement.

Because according to historical records, Zhen Mi was just three years old when Zhen Yi died, which means it must have been at least ten years ago.

Yuan Shao came to Jizhou when Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, which was only five or six years ago. Before that, Yuan Shao had been living in Luoyang.

Judging from the time point, there should be basically no intersection between the two.

Finally, after hearing Yuan Shao talk about it, Wu Liang finally understood.

It turned out that Zhen Yi had been an official in Runan County before his death and served as the Ling of Shangcai. At that time, the Zhen family also lived with him in Shangcai. After Zhen Yi passed away, the Zhen family had no one to rely on and had to move.

He returned to Zhongshan and relied on his ancestral property to live on. It was not until his second son Zhen Yan was appointed as a general that he finally managed to survive and his life gradually became better again.

Runan County is Yuan Shao's hometown, and Runyang, where the Yuan family's ancestral property is located, is not far from Shangcai.

On his way back to his hometown, Yuan Shao encountered a rebellion by the Yellow Turban Army and besieged him and his family in Lin County. Fortunately, Cai Ling and Zhen Yi sent troops to help, and they were able to defeat the Yellow Turban Army and Yuan Shao escaped from trouble.

Since then, Yuan Shao and Zhen Yi have developed a friendship. Yuan Shao believed that he owed Zhen Yi his life, and was willing to treat him as his eldest brother, and his wife, Zhang, as her sister-in-law.

He would also sacrifice his life to save someone in return for this kindness.

As a result, Zhen Yi died of illness every few years.

The remaining family members of the Zhen family were helpless, so they moved their family back to Zhongshan. When Yuan Shao, who was far away in Luoyang, learned of the matter and wanted to provide some help, they could no longer be found.

Later, Dong Zhuo led his troops to Beijing and took control of the government.

Yuan Shao had a dispute with him over the matter of re-deposing the new emperor, so he was wanted by Dong Zhuo. Yuan Shao had to lead his family to flee to Jizhou. At this time, he remembered that the Zhen family was in the Zhongshan Kingdom of Jizhou, so he came here to pay a visit. It can be said harshly.

It's called defection.

At this time, the head of the Zhen family was Zhen Yan.

When Yuan Shao and his father Zhen Yi called themselves brothers, Zhen Yan was already sensible enough to recognize Yuan Shao, so she warmly entertained him and provided him and his family with much necessary help.

It was also at this time that Yuan Shao's second son Yuan Xi met Zhen Mi.

Zhen Mi was only seven or eight years old at that time, and Yuan Xi was just twelve or thirteen years old. During the few months when Yuan Shao stayed at Zhen's house in Zhongshan, Yuan Xi's favorite thing to do was to come and play with Zhen Mi.

In other words, Yuan Shao already owed two favors to the Zhen family at this time, and they were all true favors that came in times of need.

Later, Yuan Shao asked friends far away in Luoyang to help him move around. In order to win over people's hearts, Dong Zhuo finally pardoned Yuan Shao, appointed him as the governor of Bohai, and granted him the title of Marquis of Zhongxiang.

Since then, Yuan Shao finally got out of the trough of life.

At the same time, he did not forget the kindness of the Zhen family, and soon wrote to the court to recommend Zhen Yan as the general. This means that the official position Zhen Yan received now was a reciprocation from Yuan Shao.

And then later.

Dong Zhuo finally deposed the Young Emperor and established the Xian Emperor. This move aroused dissatisfaction from all walks of life in the world, and the voice of crusade against Dong Zhuo grew day by day. Yuan Shao took advantage of the opportunity and became the most influential figure. Guandong Prefecture raised troops to attack Dong and killed him.

Recommended as the leader of the alliance, he finally became the most powerful hero in the world today...

There is no need to say much about what happened after Yuan Shao became the leader of the Kwantung Alliance, even in later generations it has already been known to everyone.

Wu Liang was more interested in what happened before. If Yuan Shao hadn't talked about these past events with the Zhen family, especially what happened with the Zhen family, he would never have known that Yuan Shao and the Zhen family were still like this.

It is not an exaggeration to call a relationship close.

"It's a pity that Brother Chang Ru helped me save my life, but when he passed away, I never saw him for the last time, and I didn't show up in time to take care of you, so you suffered a lot. On the contrary, I suffered a lot when I was in trouble.

With your help, we are where we are today. And I am thinking, if one day I see Brother Chang Ru under Jiuquan, how will I face him when he asks about me?

?”

After talking about this, Yuan Shao finally let out a long sigh, with tears in his eyes and beat his chest. His tone was full of shame and guilt, as if he was showing his true feelings in front of the Zhen family.

"Uncle, please don't do this. I owe my current official position to my uncle. What's more, when my father passed away, my uncle was far away in Luoyang and didn't know about it. How can I blame my uncle?"

Zhen Yan quickly advised from the side, her eyes already a little red.

His mother Zhang and his third brother Zhen Yao, who were sitting next to him, were also a little moved. They would never forget the suffering they experienced after Zhen Yi's death, but no one would talk about it on weekdays, and they would not specifically think of it.

, now that Yuan Shao mentioned it, they couldn't bear it.

Only Zhen Mi still lowered her head silently. No one could see her expression, let alone what she was thinking in her heart at this moment.

"Therefore, when I shamelessly received help from the Zhen family last time, I secretly swore in my heart that from now on, I, Yuan Benchu, will fail the world, and I will never let down the Zhen family. As long as I, Yuan Benchu, live in this world, I will never fail.

Then no one can harm the Zhen family!"

Yuan Shao then gritted his teeth and said extremely solemnly.

"uncle……"

Zhen Yan finally wiped away his tears, with a look of gratitude on his face. If there wasn't a desk between the two of them, he might have immediately thrown himself into his arms and cried bitterly.

But when Wu Liang saw this scene, he felt something else entirely.

Boss Yuan, is this a little fake?

If you really have this idea, you have gained so much power in recent years. Why haven't you invited the Zhen family to your camp and entrusted them with important responsibilities? Nor have you sent some people to protect the Zhen family. Even if you just

I have also said that you have not been to the Zhen family for several years. If you really want to keep the Zhen family in your heart and don't want something like Zhen Yi to happen, why don't you come over to see them in a year or two?

"No need to say more."

Yuan Shao immediately raised his hand to interrupt Zhen Yan, took a deep breath, then looked at Zhen Mi's third brother Zhen Yao, and suddenly asked, "Uncle Li, I heard that you have raised Xiaolian, how old are you this year?

"

"Returning to my uncle, my nephew is now nine out of ten."

Zhen Yao sniffed quickly, saluted and replied.

"Nineteen... is a good time to be full of energy and energy. Do you have any ideas about the future?"

Yuan Shao asked again.

"With the current unstable situation in the world, there is no future at all. Therefore, my nephew has no other thoughts. He only hopes that the Zhen family can be safe in this troubled world. He has nothing else to ask for."

Zhen Yao didn't seem to have any ambitions or ambitions, so he smiled and said.
To be continued...